Consoling (and Consoled By) Your Elemental Friends

Gavin and "Freelancer" arrive home two hours after the Inversion resolution. Gavin's injuries are severe, but mending. Caelum appears, and the widespread pain and fear tearing through all of Dahlia overwhelms him and he has a breakdown. Gavin successfully gathers enough strength to rift the Empathy Daemon back to Aria. Delphinus, Caelum's steward, takes Caelum into his care. The distance from Terra is enough to help Caelum be steadied. Gavin returns to "Freelancer" and collapses at the exertion of more magic usage. He explains that the emotional overload has made it so that the simple act of being on this plane will bring Caelum pain until things calm a bit. "Freelancer" helps him to bed, and they hold each other.