...th.......that kills people.

((It's actually extremely cute though. Thais can have some happiness as a treat.))

--stepped forward, kneeling to begin greeting the creatures, taking care to offer their hands slowly or not at all, depending on the cues they observed from each.)

Hehe...! My, hello...! Let us get acquainted...

(Hythlodaeus had already been forgotten by the usually reverent Thais...)

...!!

(From behind their mask, their eyes went wide, sparkling at the sight of them all. Their hands at their chest were now clasped together in delight, Thais entirely unable to hide the feeling.)

O-oh...! I shall get to work at once...!

(With a small smile on their face, they quickly--

(They made their peace with this world.)

[I did not expect to die today...I hope someone feeds the ambystomas...it was my turn today...]

(Their bottom lip quivered, Thais moments from keeling over from the stress alone, the crack in their mask growing.)

(They suppressed a whimper as not to irritate him further, trembling slightly as they followed him. They had to walk a bit faster to keep pace with his much longer strides.)

...

(They wrung their hands nervously)

E-eek...!? Discipline...?!

(They flinched, hands to their chest...but swallowed nervously, lowering their head in terrified acceptance.)

I...I see... I understand...

((i fucking love karma demons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))

(Fidget...fidget...)

You are...correct... yes, I suppose he would not. It was silly of me to doubt him...

(They played with their ponytail awkwardly, chewing on their bottom lip.)

I've troubled you again with my needless anxiety...

((idk how intense i want to make it though. i think theres some flavor in it looking very final days-ish albeit on a smaller scale and thais being seen as some harbinger of it))

(SNIFFLE, HICCUP--)

H-Hythlodaeuuuuus...! P-please allow me to assist with paperwork, or anythiiiing...! I will do anything...!!

((thais can't really control their magic at all, to the point where they and everyone else thinks they're sort of just unable and incapable of it, but i think it's literally just that they can't /control/ it....

the vibe i wanna play into is very much like karma demons from shin sekai yori ehe))

(STRESS!!! Their mask cracks!)

Gwaugh!? B-b-b-but whyyyy!? How??! I-if I may be so forward as to ask, that is...!!

(CLUTCHING THEIR HEAD. STRESS!!!)

HYTHLODAEUUUUUSSSSS....!! (WHINE)