Hythlodaeus gave a small smile. Emet-Selch had his own ways and only knowing him would help understand. But that was not what was troubling Mikh'tan.
"Finding a solution may be the best way to deal with things, but, sometimes, solutions are not readily available. Sharing your time with others, I know, will help a little. You don't even have to tell me what it is. Only let me be close."
He meant it, too.
"For where you are, is not sitting close with someone comforting? Does not touch relieve concern, at least for a little while?"
Emet-Selch was not the kind of person who would readily accept affection in public, so Hythlodaeus had taught himself to not make things harder for him, even back when he was Hades only. But Azem had ever been different.
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"Finding a solution may be the best way to deal with things, but, sometimes, solutions are not readily available. Sharing your time with others, I know, will help a little. You don't even have to tell me what it is. Only let me be close."
He meant it, too.
"For where you are, is not sitting close with someone comforting? Does not touch relieve concern, at least for a little while?"
Emet-Selch was not the kind of person who would readily accept affection in public, so Hythlodaeus had taught himself to not make things harder for him, even back when he was Hades only. But Azem had ever been different.