Annotated 39-2
When Sundar joined the Peacemakers, he probably was not expecting to become the designated driver this fast. “Didn’t you guys usedta have a dwarf who could warn guys when their magick-usin’ was actually dangerous?”
Frigg’s old self is wrestling with her new sympathies. She compliments E-Merl’s insult, and hesitates to insult E-Merl himself. She manages, but it doesn’t feel as good as it used to. Then she latches onto a new stimulus, and uses that to tell herself she doesn’t need to worry about this situation. Her friends’ messy feels will resolve themselves with or without her involvement, surely. And so she loses interest in them, for now.
I can understand why the team wants to get out of range of E-Merl’s free-floating abuse for a while. Frigg’s probably thinking of her own experience when she says E-Merl’s beyond emotional help at the moment. But leaving him alone while he’s catastrophically drunk wouldn’t have been the best idea even if he didn’t have a grimoire and this bar weren’t full of potential random encounters.
Glad you pointed out leaving a heavily intoxicated emotionally damage man alone when people are out to get you was stupid idea.
On the other hand, what Sundar is trying to do here is also not a good idea. Frigg did get *that much* right. They need to give him some space. Maybe tomorrow morning they can talk.
Not *that much* space, though. You don’t leave a grieving friend proper alone. Not just because of random encounters. She’s still learning, I guess :)
I’ve been in the position where a friend is not doing well, you don’t leave them at the bar when they are drinking themselves stupid and not thinks logically. You at least make sure they get home safe.
I have no experience, but it sounds like ordering the hard stuff, waiting for them to fall into a coma, and then carrying them home is the most efficient way to go at it.