[One particular listener to Helios' transmission might go a bit overlooked for a while, in the midst of whatever other responses come in. That's because, well...Giles really can't give any sign of himself without speaking up, and somehow he can't quite bring himself to speak up.
His first reaction to Helios' appearance in the orb had been impossible happiness. It's true that they haven't been long apart, not to Giles' mind, but, well, he certainly hadn't expected to see the other man here, and despite all the problems their presence here must be causing, back in Luceti, it's a relief.
Except...look at the state Giles is in now. Helios would be upset beyond words to see him like this. And there is the matter of the people in Luceti who must be hurting now with both of them gone. It's selfish, really, to be happy that Helios is here with him. The fact that this doesn't change anything doesn't help in the slightest.
Giles finally does speak up, in a soft and almost sad voice. The orb shows him sitting out behind a shed, starkly out of place in the general environment partly by virtue of the fact that he's still wearing the clothes he was when he vanished from Luceti.]
I-I, um...I don't think I'll be very much help to you, in that regard.
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His first reaction to Helios' appearance in the orb had been impossible happiness. It's true that they haven't been long apart, not to Giles' mind, but, well, he certainly hadn't expected to see the other man here, and despite all the problems their presence here must be causing, back in Luceti, it's a relief.
Except...look at the state Giles is in now. Helios would be upset beyond words to see him like this. And there is the matter of the people in Luceti who must be hurting now with both of them gone. It's selfish, really, to be happy that Helios is here with him. The fact that this doesn't change anything doesn't help in the slightest.
Giles finally does speak up, in a soft and almost sad voice. The orb shows him sitting out behind a shed, starkly out of place in the general environment partly by virtue of the fact that he's still wearing the clothes he was when he vanished from Luceti.]
I-I, um...I don't think I'll be very much help to you, in that regard.