Look, he has actively watched other Ancients have issues with some of the creatures, it's not an assessment of Thanatos's skills or not, it's an assessment of how dangerous he has seen some of the creatures around here be. It's utterly plausible that Thanatos might need assistance.
It's also just an excuse anyway, for both of them.
"Nothing pressing," he says, which is a lie, but despite what Phillip believes, Gustavain does understand how to take something for himself when it's presented. "Venat? Yes, but she said something about wishing to rest for a time," he does not want to run back into Venat, actually. More importantly, he imagines she also probably needs a moment to figure out her feelings on all of this, the next steps she will take.
(She has the harder task, he thinks, even without knowing the full extent of how true that is. He does not have to pretend that nothing has happened, will be able to talk about and explain what he has seen. She will need to play her information much closer to her chest for much longer.)
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Date: 2022-01-07 05:53 pm (UTC)It's also just an excuse anyway, for both of them.
"Nothing pressing," he says, which is a lie, but despite what Phillip believes, Gustavain does understand how to take something for himself when it's presented. "Venat? Yes, but she said something about wishing to rest for a time," he does not want to run back into Venat, actually. More importantly, he imagines she also probably needs a moment to figure out her feelings on all of this, the next steps she will take.
(She has the harder task, he thinks, even without knowing the full extent of how true that is. He does not have to pretend that nothing has happened, will be able to talk about and explain what he has seen. She will need to play her information much closer to her chest for much longer.)