SHICHI:

How is he?

KARANTHIR:

Weak.

KARANTHIR:

... Have you come bearing gifts?

SHICHI:

Fin wouldn't let me come in here unless I promised to persuade you to eat.

KARANTHIR:

Why would I want to eat that?

SHICHI:
Well, it's here if change your mind.

SHICHI:

… He's going to be OK Karanthir.

KARANTHIR:

So everyone keeps telling me, including Syrrah.

SHICHI:

She should know. It is her area of expertise.

KARANTHIR:

Yet she pops in here every twenty minutes or so to check on him.

SHICHI:

She did that when you were ill too.

KARANTHIR:

Really? No one told me. How very conscientious of her.

SHICHI:

I heard it was Es who attacked him. I’m sorry.

KARANTHIR: 

Honestly ‘Chi, I’m having a very difficult time 

processing that. It’s just - so  not like her.

SHICHI:

Have you talked to her?

KARANTHIR:

Trust me when I say - I want to but she didn’t come home last night,

and her cell is obviously off.

SHICHI:

You think she's hiding?

KARANTHIR:

Either that or she’s not herself yet. Zyfan insists she was possessed. 

I never should have left him alone, not for one minute.

SHICHI:

This wasn’t your fault.

KARANTHIR:

I beg to differ. I was warned and if I had been there

I could have protected him.

SHICHI:

You have to stop doing this to yourself. Things happen. He’ll be OK and 

that’s what’s important. And this Es thing, you’ll figure it out.

KARANTHIR:

Well thank you Dr. Phil.

SHICHI:

Fine. Have it your way. Go on feeling responsible for something 

you had no control over. I’ll bet Zyfan doesn’t blame you. 

If I know him the way I think I do - he’s probably already forgiven Es.

KARANTHIR:

You may be right about that.

SHICHI:

Will you eat some of this, please? Otherwise Fin’s 

never going to let me hear the end of it.

KARANTHIR:

Ah my dear brother, he’s going to make someone a 

wonderful mother some day.

SHICHI:

… Karanthir I need a favor.

KARANTHIR:

Do you mean to tell me that this has been some feeble attempt to 

butter me up? Bribing me this … sandwich? 

SHICHI:

This is serious. Phae wants to see the prince.

KARANTHIR:

He needs his rest. As you can plainly see - he’s rarely awake.

SHICHI:

-Just for a few minutes. She loves him Karanthir.  You’ve got to let her in.

SHICHI:

… Don't look at me like that. I'm not comparing her love for him to yours. 

I know what he means to you but she's in this realm to become his wife. 

His wife Karanthir. And she respectfully asks to be let in. She needs to help.

KARANTHIR:

sigh

Zyfan will need some cool water when he wakes. Tell Miss Phae I'd appreciate it if she could bring some in. If she chooses to stay, 

who am I to stop her?

SHICHI:

Thank you. 

KARANTHIR:

And while you're at it, tell Fin or whoever prepared that that I’d prefer a

burger with the works. Honestly, coming in here with that excuse 

of a sandwich and expecting it to tempt my appetite. Really!