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Untamed Silver Water
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Show him town, on a normal day. Visit friends and places, cafes and bakeries. Zero stars falling, but normality and many kinds mixing. And as a cap on the day... take him to see something he might find confusing, fascinating, aggravating, aggrandizing and other -ings besides. For all his fear, it has sounded a little like he took some pride in his deeds - in his survival.
So show him how he's been remembered! As a historical figure, semi-neutral, a legendary recluse and inventor-king secluded in a hidden (and until-recently undiscovered) realm, he must've been a juicy source of inspiration, no? The 'King of the Mountain' - it's a title ripe for wild imagination!
And well, Gabe still got those season passes, so take this relic to the opera. Put Muir in the spectator's seat to the sort of historical and fantastical troubles in which he now plays a part - as a mythologized figure. Private box seating might be good, so you can chat and hear him complain about how the special effects leaves something to be desired and the historical inaccuracy of it all - and how his alter ego on the stage would never do this or that. Or maybe just be stunned by how his over-fictionalized self do and what, people actually watch this stuff for fun?
And to whatever he might say about it - point out that yes, this is one way mortals remember his time. The only way they can approach a fraction of what it was like to experience his era - through stories that reflect some of the themes of the era, however fancied up and sensationalized.
Then ask: what kind of real, actual story would he want to leave behind?
Because on one side you have the case of a tragic lord who could only hide away to the last. And on the other, a hurt and ancient soul who finally, finally saw freedom from that fearful age of strife and found his time in the sun.
That time is now. The Guardians are here to see him through it and the people of this age have been willing to give him grace - even the kobolds, bearer of the biggest grudge by far, did so by handing him over to the Guardians. Even when you made clear you would attempt to do with kindness what could be done with force.
A further point - what all out there is even after him? He's 'just' a myth, a legend thought long gone by all. He could do so much better than spend this remaining time being haunted by a past so distant. Even if something should come, some fey elemental ghost of vengeance? You got skills. You got friends. Ghost-score-settling is your THING. You'll guard even his afeared ass to the last 'till it's time to pass.
Cuz', buddy, stars falling? Don't mean jack when you can suck 'em straight back into space, man!
(Besides, they were probably, like, meteors not actual stars, right? Right.)
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