[ Sam's mind is distant as he looks over the walking corpse and then looks away, turning his attention towards those gathered around it instead. It's not quite dissociation, not really, but -
It is, a little, so he doesn't have to deal with grief right now. He'll process it later. ]
A pyre. We'll have a funeral for him.
[ He doesn't know what Lavallen's beliefs were, not more than glimpses picked up when their minds were pushed together too close, when Lavallen's ability made him a broodmate or Sam was pulled into his nightmares - but funerals are more for the living than the dead, though people don't always like to see it like that.
His mind is already working a little, a half formed plan that he'll need a little bit of time to pin down - and to talk to Annie. ]
We can keep his body hidden for a day or so, give people time if they want it. Come up with a reason for the other envoys.
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It is, a little, so he doesn't have to deal with grief right now. He'll process it later. ]
A pyre. We'll have a funeral for him.
[ He doesn't know what Lavallen's beliefs were, not more than glimpses picked up when their minds were pushed together too close, when Lavallen's ability made him a broodmate or Sam was pulled into his nightmares - but funerals are more for the living than the dead, though people don't always like to see it like that.
His mind is already working a little, a half formed plan that he'll need a little bit of time to pin down - and to talk to Annie. ]
We can keep his body hidden for a day or so, give people time if they want it. Come up with a reason for the other envoys.