I would rather not learn what happens when a haunted object gets eaten. All the possibilities are deeply unpleasant, Palamedes. [some are funny though, in a very gross way.

this is exactly why pal is a catch, despite damn well everything that mouth emotion is met with fondness. if he only had the dead news he'd probably encourage immediate further experimentation.

unfortunately the real news is the sky news, and means he's putting off very professional purple hand and mouth experiments for the time being.] As far as I can gather I tapped into a very dangerous, likely sentient power, made a desperate experiment of using it and shimmer to modify my body and received fascinating results at first. I ran for the first time in my life, it was-

I was careless. I thought the only danger would be to myself, and I was already doomed. I pushed then Sky came in when I thought she would be at home, and when she tried to save me it devoured her whole. There was nothing left but ash and this hand.

[again said fairly calmly, resigned. shockingly the emotions are pretty intense in self loathing and despair. part of him is still and quiet, like waiting for judgment to pass, because he will always trust pal to be upfront when others would flounder.]