[ Steve appreciates the questions that Claude poses, as well as how readily they're answered by Louis and Henry. With all of them struggling from the ascension ritual to some degree, five minds is certainly better than one. Steve's paranoia has faded with the attempted cure from Istredd, and while he's still saddled with the guilt of that having backfired, he also knows he can't waste having a (comparatively) clear head.
If it weren't for that, maybe he would have been sending wary glares at Henry and Louis by now, as the two in this group he knows the least. Instead he focuses on the information they have to share. ]
... The shroud might be useful if we're actually able to open up a path out of here. We've gotta move the boulder first, though.
[ A fungus-based hivemind that wants to assimilate them somehow? Are they only in the starting stages of that process, then? How much worse will it get, if they're forced to stay here another week? Steve doesn't know and he doesn't want to find out. If they can escape and get to proper magical and medical care, surely they can nip these infections in the bud. ]
All right. Louis, if you're helping to move it, I think let's have three of us one side pushing and one on the other to keep it steady and pull. It doesn't look like we can roll it, so we're just gonna have to push with brute strength.
[ Louis certainly has supernatural strength, Steve felt that for himself, so he gestures for him to come and join him on one side of the massive boulder. He'll let Claude and Sylvain decide where to put themselves.
And then he finally turns back to Henry. ] If you're telepathic, will you be able to tell if they're coming? The guards, I mean.
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If it weren't for that, maybe he would have been sending wary glares at Henry and Louis by now, as the two in this group he knows the least. Instead he focuses on the information they have to share. ]
... The shroud might be useful if we're actually able to open up a path out of here. We've gotta move the boulder first, though.
[ A fungus-based hivemind that wants to assimilate them somehow? Are they only in the starting stages of that process, then? How much worse will it get, if they're forced to stay here another week? Steve doesn't know and he doesn't want to find out. If they can escape and get to proper magical and medical care, surely they can nip these infections in the bud. ]
All right. Louis, if you're helping to move it, I think let's have three of us one side pushing and one on the other to keep it steady and pull. It doesn't look like we can roll it, so we're just gonna have to push with brute strength.
[ Louis certainly has supernatural strength, Steve felt that for himself, so he gestures for him to come and join him on one side of the massive boulder. He'll let Claude and Sylvain decide where to put themselves.
And then he finally turns back to Henry. ] If you're telepathic, will you be able to tell if they're coming? The guards, I mean.