A distinct, uncontrolled Don't remind me cropped up in response to Elisa's consideration of her own relative fragility. How was he supposed to protect her when he was no more than a voice in her head? She was capable and he loved and admired her capability, but if someone needed to be between her and an Ohm grunt or a grenadier or a werewolf and he could do nothing about it -

A common purpose. I agree.

To distract himself from anxious thoughts, or uncomfortable thoughts, or both, he began to address the possible sources of this awkward situation. Was the Puck on board? He had not shown sign of himself, and neither had Goliath seen evidence of any Fair Folk as he knew them from the version of Earth he and Elisa shared. Were there other trickster spirits to suspect? Perhaps, but if there were, he did not know them. This wasn't a tactic he expected from the Ohm, and anyone outright antagonistic wouldn't have gone through the trouble of saving his soul or hiding his body - unless they were using it elsewhere for nefarious purposes, and needed his soul intact for reasons yet unknown.

His inner monologue rattled on, as he tried not to hear thoughts of Elisa's that were not directed as conversation towards him.