"Heh, heh, you don't need to worry. We'd have come find you in force if we were waiting." Hythlodaeus settled comfortably nearby, a small smile on his lips.

"No, I was just wondering if a little company wouldn't do you good."

He was used to the people he loved not actually coming up and saying what they needed. So he had become, even if he thought so himself, rather adept at discerning what that might be.