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"I have Death after this week. Makes me wonder how that's going to go." What would death teach them aside from having horrible nightmares? Not that he wasn't having them here considering the height factor and from the trials. Still, if he worked hard, maybe exhaustion would keep him sleeping well. He knew best to tell Barth that he would be having trouble sleeping else the demon would get upset.

At the mention of a cave, Calder turned his head. All the bad parts of the cave were brushed aside for more alluring factors. "You say it's a cave? You mean on the ground?" Lovely!!! "...and it has water?!" AMAZING! He wanted there. It sounded like a nice break from being up in the trees. "I'm all for that. I miss having a dip in the water, and the ocean looks rather far away." He hoped they had baths around here he could submerge himself in.

"Here." He offered the pants back to Roch. "They won't last forever, but I can patch them up after a day's abuse." He then smiled. "And if you ever find yourself liking green, I have other kilts."

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"Oh. In that case, I"ll be headed to Death next, Though, it wasn't an easy choice between that and Conquest," Shun replied. It sounded like Calder was headed that way as well.

His attention shifted over to an unfamiliar reaper who seemed to have just awaken.

"It wasn't bad. Don't expect to craft anything too useful though. Perhaps with practice, you may be able to, but you're likely better off with your own weapon if possible," he said. He didn't see a familiar around here, so it was just a guess that she had a weapon of some sort instead.

Roch was silent for a long moment, thinking. "Man... Can't help but worry about you guys headin' for Death," he said quietly. "After what they did to us in the trials. Then again, Invi's old man smashed us like rotten pumpkins, so I got no clue what's gonna happen there, either."

Then he looked at Shun--really looked at him. A slight frown pulled at his lips at the sight of the bandaged eye. But he didn't ask. He didn't know the guy well enough to ask that in public... or even at all, he admitted.

"Thanks man," he said, abruptly taking the pants back from Calder and slipping them back on. "I owe you one!" Or probably several after this week was through, considering how apt he was to go through pants.

Shehk seemed to stare at her phone trying to think of what she exactly was to send back to him after that horrendously awkward exchange she'd just caused, ultimately sighing and leaning back to listen to Riley as she continued to regale Shehk with the proper protocol for suddenly launching feelings onto a boil.

"Sounds quite a bit different than my last go at it, but I guess I can't really compare that to this." Unless she compared herself to Nuk. But then that meant more complications. She didn't want that dynamic at all. Not to say there wasn't a small pang of regret there, but she had to force it on by. They'd had their discussion, she'd given herself time to be out of the rebound stage (sorry Christof...) and well... Riley had a good point.

"Looks like things turned out more than good for you though." there was a hint of tease in Shehk's voice as she passed the mindflayer a knowing look - about the engagement. Not that it was a secret. That's all Shehk knew about.

And then Riley and Shehk put their phones away and fell asleep in each others arms. Because Jericho is a doodie head who wears them both out.