[ As far as dark, dank caverns go, this one has got to be one of the bleakest Cal's ever seen—and he's stumbled on rancor nests. And an oggdo lair. And whatever was going on in the Tomb of Kujet—
Here, the smell is oppressive. Death, rot—Cal is no stranger to it, nor to the sight of corpses and remains, though that doesn't make anything easier to bear. His plan, coming in, was to look around, see if he could turn up something useful or interesting—now, adding to that, he wants to make sure these bodies are put to rest properly.
They can't just be left here like this.
The problem he's contemplating now, however, is the matter of touching things. Though he has a great deal of control over his psychometry, traumatic memories can still overwhelm him—and, if he had to guess, this place is chock-full of traumatic memories.
And there's the... goo. Cal looks up when Claude speaks, the thoughtful line between his eyebrows smoothing over at the familiar face. ]
Hey, Claude. Funny, it doesn't look unpleasant at all. [ It's so, so sarcastic. But he sobers quickly. ]
So you were— [ How to put this? There's no good way. Finally, he lands on: ] —here before?
so sorry for the delay, the holidays ate me alive ðŸ˜
Here, the smell is oppressive. Death, rot—Cal is no stranger to it, nor to the sight of corpses and remains, though that doesn't make anything easier to bear. His plan, coming in, was to look around, see if he could turn up something useful or interesting—now, adding to that, he wants to make sure these bodies are put to rest properly.
They can't just be left here like this.
The problem he's contemplating now, however, is the matter of touching things. Though he has a great deal of control over his psychometry, traumatic memories can still overwhelm him—and, if he had to guess, this place is chock-full of traumatic memories.
And there's the... goo. Cal looks up when Claude speaks, the thoughtful line between his eyebrows smoothing over at the familiar face. ]
Hey, Claude. Funny, it doesn't look unpleasant at all. [ It's so, so sarcastic. But he sobers quickly. ]
So you were— [ How to put this? There's no good way. Finally, he lands on: ] —here before?