hale cometh down upon our spines

Delphi continues to look at him as he speaks. The medication is helping, yes, but now it makes her mouth dry and taste gross. Was it worth it when there were other options? Maybe it was just the aspect that it was against the rules that drew her to it. The fact that Vidarr hid it in his den so others didn't know about it. The temptation to break the rules and be "bad." Fuck, she was a loser, wasn't she?

She had no time to pity herself because Strai was speaking about how Vidarr said someone had to speak for him to move up. Delphi gives him a quizzical look as if he really was an idiot. Because well, she was about to be that idiot that would vouch for him. "Thrall, you saved me," sitting up fully, she looks him dead in the eye now, "I will speak for you," she is adamant, there is no room for argument. If he was serious about wanting to stay and progress within Heidinn, she would work with him to show Vidarr he was worthy of staying.