We really don’t talk enough about how Artoo went into the desert to find Obi-Wan because no kid would be stupid enough to follow him into Tusken territory and then this kid chases him down and gets beaten up and his unconscious body is dragged back to his landspeeder and Artoo looked down and went “This one. This one knows how to have a good time.”
[Image description: a gentle cartoon of human wizard Caleb Widowgast from Critical Role. He has is hands in the air and is floating (or being carried by?) on a fiery cloudy maelstrom. The maelstrom is in the bi pride colors. /ID]
Essek: I don’t think I can protect all of you, and that is what worries me.
Essek, maybe a month later: Gives the Nein sanctuary while they’re being tracked by the Tombtakers, gives them advice that allows them to leave Eiselcross to get help, disguises them as they trek across the snow, casts Magic Missile so he doesn’t catch them in AOEs, casts Fly on Caduceus so he can escape through the Gate, incinerates a Flesh Horror attacking Veth, incinerates another Flesh Horror before it can alert others, breaks reality so his friends can take a nap, breaks Yasha free from being mind-controlled again, pulls Caleb from under a fallen tower, burns Lucien’s opportunity attack so he doesn’t have one to use against the just-healed Caleb, stays in the open to drag Caleb away from Eadwulf, casts Hold Person on Trent to pin him down,