Hythlodaeus, when are you not? You have always preferred to make a game of earning my cooperation rather than ask for it directly.
[Emet-Selch can see it clearly, yes. Even if he had not bothered to take a surreptitious glance at so lovely a soul - one which he has not gazed upon in what feels like an eternity - he could scarce ignore the wreath of aether which surrounds it.]
[Yet his eyes refocus and he walks around Hythlodaeus, and action which will require him to pivot on his heels if he's so intent on watching him. Emet-Selch sizes up the village yet again now that they've drawn close enough to make out the shapes of figures moving about its streets. A show of force, he thinks, is unlikely to get them anywhere.]
If you're feeling so inquisitive, why do you not go and look at it? My professional curiosity is currently occupied with finding out who is in charge and what means they used to summon us here. Any questions I have about the nature of this star can wait until later.
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[Emet-Selch can see it clearly, yes. Even if he had not bothered to take a surreptitious glance at so lovely a soul - one which he has not gazed upon in what feels like an eternity - he could scarce ignore the wreath of aether which surrounds it.]
[Yet his eyes refocus and he walks around Hythlodaeus, and action which will require him to pivot on his heels if he's so intent on watching him. Emet-Selch sizes up the village yet again now that they've drawn close enough to make out the shapes of figures moving about its streets. A show of force, he thinks, is unlikely to get them anywhere.]
If you're feeling so inquisitive, why do you not go and look at it? My professional curiosity is currently occupied with finding out who is in charge and what means they used to summon us here. Any questions I have about the nature of this star can wait until later.
[A glance.]
And I've many questions.