Broken Boulder this is gospel for the fallen ones

the news of what had happened to alarian -- what he'd been able to get from eris -- delight couldn't quite get the shape of the whole story. but maybe that doesn't matter in the end. what matters is: alarian was hurt. very badly. and in his absence, delight had to step up.

of course that sent him spiraling through the mato situation again, and were it not for the fact that he has three very small children depending on him (and the fact that unlike at tindómë, he does not suspect the wolves of bracken will be quite so indulgent with him) he would have done his absolute best to get the fuck out of it. in lieu of that he steps up, sort of. thankfully things are (with the exception of alarian) fairly well regulated at bracken, and all he's got to do is keep everything from falling apart like it always does, inevitably, under his watch. he leaves alarian to the care of his family, having little to offer in the way of healing abilities in the first place and still responsible to stay close to his children. he does come by daily to check in with whoever's around.

today he spots alarian's brother -- zamael? he's not gotten to properly meet him considering the circumstances -- and speeds up a little, offering a smile. unaware that alarian's just woken, he calls out, "how is he today?" his eyes moving to scan the darkness of the den for that familiar prone shape.