[It wasn't meant as an exhaustive list; he's just spent a lot of time around Palamedes of late. Though if he'd been ranking by degree of unsettling weirdness, he'd have put John Gaius at the top.]

Don't worry, I won't fight you on that. I'm not eager to die again anytime soon.

[Again. The word is sour on his tongue, and the memory sourer still. He tilts his head at Diluc, curious.]

Did you make it to the end? Last month, I mean.