Vuvi crosses her arms and glares at the others like a fuming mother watching her children beg for dessert before dinner.
"No," she says flatly.
"Aw, come on!" Penelo groans, clinging to Pip's arm. "He's super cool! A real-life lich who's not trying to murder us! That's, like, once in a lifetime!"
Sera clasps her hands together and bows toward Thalozora with over-the-top knightly reverence. "We could learn so much from him!"
Veena smirks. "And I'd rather have a centuries-old master of dark magic on our side than against us."
Thalozora, the tall skeletal figure still somehow managing to radiate bashful charm, wrings his bony hands together. "I... I promise I'll behave. No curses, no hauntings. I've done my guarding, my brooding. I'd just like to see the world again. Maybe learn to... live a little. And Pip… oh, Pip… what a miracle you are!"
Pip glows faintly, golden eyes shining, and emits a gentle harmonic ping. Vuvi freezes. His thought-wave hits her like a weighted pillow.
