Oh no. The ears were absolutely charming. Hythlodaeus blinked for a moment, then smiled and shifted closer, opening an arm to invite the not-very-different-from-Azem-not-quite-Azem close.

"Mikh'tan, how can you be imposing when I'm offering? It's all right to want, and to have, things for yourself, too, you realize."

He truly wanted to help. There was so much that Mikh'tan was not saying, probably couldn't say, and the heartache, from this close, the missing of someone, or some people, they were plain to see.

"Let it be all right, just for a little while. Even if you've only known me a very short while."