It was deceptively easy to just sink into the warmth of Hythlodaeus' embrace. Mikh'tan couldn't recall the last time he'd been simply held like this. It had been... too long, and he was loathe to do anything to disrupt the moment.

"I don't... know how I can be them. Or like them, I suppose. Just the way everyone talks about Azem, I'm..." He huffed softly, tail curling around his side as if in uncertain self-soothing. "Surely I can't measure up to someone like that."