Right. [He exhales sharply through his teeth and sags just a bit.] Right. We'll jutht have to wait then.

[Ducking his head, he curls up against Dualscar and holds him tight. The seadweller might be a ridiculous, mercurial, and vulnerable idiot, but bless him, he was nice and sturdy to press up against. Right now, he just needs that for a second.]

...I with I could do thomething about her pain. If I had my thyionicth, maybe I could do thomething, but... I'm utheleth right now.