"By the Black God, Alanna, I don't remember you being blind or stupid," Thom said. Probably not very sensitive to someone who's just had the biggest shock of her life, but to be fair he had no idea what her problem was. "Of course it's me - check your trinket if you don't believe me. What on earth is wrong?"

Oh how he'd missed her. He didn't want to admit it but he had, terribly, only now she'd come at the wrong time. He wanted to get himself put back together in some semblance of order before she awoke.

((OOC: Roger's Gift is still tangled up with his, so his magic is still tainted, but he has less of a fever than he did originally because he's actually carrying less of the magic - he found a way to bleed off and store some of the excess. He still glows and he still looks like hell though, partially because of sleep deprivation trying to find a fix.))