He stared at her, before moving over to lie down on the other side of her, staring at the ceiling. "So that is it? You are just going to lie down and die? That won't do anything except make you a waste of time and effort and experience. My familiar is a gold dragoness, who thought that I had died nearly three hundred years ago. She mourned, moped, and wasted a good deal of time trying to find some clue that I had survived. Part of her soul was literally torn away when I ascended, though not by my choice. I am told a master losing a familiar, or visa versa, worse than rape, because you lose good memories, not the bad ones, not the loss. But she moved on, raised a daughter, and was very pleasantly surprised when I showed back up in time to save her from a blue dragon who had her pinned down under him.<br/><br/>Are you honestly going to lie there and tell me you aren't at least that robust? That this is all you can take? Yes, I will not deny that what happened to you was traumatic, but I don't think anyone should ever just give up. I didn't give up when a Marilith stabbed four swords through my chest before twisting and tearing them out the sides of my torso, even though that wound killed me. My familiar didn't give up when the blue was about to brutally rape and then kill her. And you didn't give up, even during the worst of what that pool could do to you. And now, its over, though you might be a bit worse the wear, you are smarter and stronger because of it. Have something to eat, calm down, and wait a week before you decide if you really want to die. Give yourself a bit of time to adjust. You might surprise yourself."<br/><br/>Done talking, he stood up and nodded to Serena and then toward the entrance, heading outside, though he did activate something he had included in her new body, a temporary fast healing that would prevent her from tearing her own throat out. He then sat down outside the entrance, before looking at Serena again.<em>So, if you want to head back and let Garven and that tribe know the problem has been dealt with, and then back to the domain, I won't mind. Wish I could, but until this one decides that death isn't the answer, I will be hanging around.</em>