[For all that Emet-Selch had not truly believed that Hythlodaeus would turn down the offer, it's still a relief to hear him say as much. One that he knows he will be unable to entirely hide, even though his expression only shows part of it. A part that is all but outweighed by the way his soul all but shines at those words, even as he nods at the question.]
It does, yes.
[And there is certainly no denying they have that. They, who are some of the last remnants of their world, and have meant so much to each other over the course of their lives. And while there is no doubt in Emet-Selch's mind that they will need time to return to anything like the equilibrium they had once found, when the world had been whole... it is simplicity itself to make space for Hythlodaeus. To offer him the space that had always been his. That always would have been his, and that he had carried with him through each and every century of his long life. One of a pair of aching emptinesses he has come to know as well as his own self... and the greater of the pair besides, in that it had not once had even a fragmented echo to stand in memory.]
It was nothing. You would always have been welcomed here.
[A pause, and then:]
Though I will admit, I had hoped you might choose to reside here.
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It does, yes.
[And there is certainly no denying they have that. They, who are some of the last remnants of their world, and have meant so much to each other over the course of their lives. And while there is no doubt in Emet-Selch's mind that they will need time to return to anything like the equilibrium they had once found, when the world had been whole... it is simplicity itself to make space for Hythlodaeus. To offer him the space that had always been his. That always would have been his, and that he had carried with him through each and every century of his long life. One of a pair of aching emptinesses he has come to know as well as his own self... and the greater of the pair besides, in that it had not once had even a fragmented echo to stand in memory.]
It was nothing. You would always have been welcomed here.
[A pause, and then:]
Though I will admit, I had hoped you might choose to reside here.