He helped her shift around, stroking her back and neck, making soft noises of reassurance. He slowly soothed her, waiting for her to calm. "It is understandable. You are in the planning part of that 'Great Thing' and you just got out of a great thing that you joined toward the end of it, in the execution.<br/><br/>Right now I am in a weak position. Wait, I might have told you before, can't remember, so you get it again. So while I run around like a crazy king in the game of chess, making noises and distracting everyone from my other pieces, so they stay safe. Once our position has improved, then I will feel safer about risking any of you in the real world. Of course, I will put a couple of my constructs with you, just to make sure you stay safe, but you won't be sitting in this slowly shrinking realm, going stir crazy. And you, out of all of the other consorts, would best understand how I feel, suddenly having what seems to be an eternity before us.<br/><br/>Everyone else in this zoo lives for centuries at least, except for humans and hobgoblins. Even Katrina will live to be two hundred, unless one of us gets angry and strangles her first."