Shady

“…Okay?” Why was he arguing if they were agreeing? “Good.”

"Yeah. Well. The gods decided we were gonna do it. And we've gotta travel up to their shrine thingy. But that'll be after the long night... I think. I dunno, ...

(yeah that tracks ^^) Jerica was getting progressively less patient with him. And she already didn't start out with much. "The gods need heralds when they wake up to tell ...

(I'm honestly not sure at this point xD I think you are correct that they were wary to tell him because of his fragile mental health. But even if he ...

Jerica looked at him dumbly. Or, maybe like he was dumb. "... We've got to be here to herald... did you just forget everything that's happened in the past month ...

Jerica furrowed her brow at him. “When the gods wake up.” Why was he so slow? Gods. “You’re evacuating your territory to the East or the South so you don’t ...

That doesn’t surprise me. She managed to keep that to herself. She hesitated for a moment, actually thinking before she spoke for one of the first times in her life. ...

Jerica waved her hand dismissively. “It… whatever. Don’t worry about it. All’s I’m saying is that we’ve got this covered.”

“ We will.” She shrugged and looked away again. “Shouldn’t take too long. Just gotta deal with the trolls and lack of sun and all that fun stuff. But it’ll ...

Jerica glanced over at him. “The gods n shit, you know?”

Jerica nodded. “It will. Just give us a few months to get it all sorted. Then you can all come back. Yknow.”

Jerica glanced at him, then away, furrowing her brow and burying her hands even deeper into her pockets. “It’ll calm down once they’re awake n shi-stuff.”

“You can say that again,” Jerica grumbled, still not looking at him as she fidgeted with some of the trinkets in her pocket.

Jerica nodded, not quite looking over at him. “… she’ll need it,” she agreed softly.

Jerica glanced at him in surprise but then away quickly, recovering. No one ever said she was good at saying things. “…I know Ky is very fond of this place.” ...