Laid in bed. Did not sleep. Thought of something. Left bed.

Still no update until tomorrow (timing remains TBD), but I *would* like to offer a bonus option for you guys.

>Gil is right here. And beetles. Thanks to your MAGYCKAL AURA of unreality, he can comfortably remain beetles if he stays within a 10-foot radius of you, even if it's otherwise impossible outside a manse. And if Gil is beetles... can't he split himself off and leave part of himself with you, in a way Jean Ramsey presumably won't detect? Being a small handful of beetles, he wouldn't be that useful in combat, but he would be fully conscious and able to talk and everything. Moral support. Also, if something terrible happened to the rest of him, he'd be fine.

>...But, being a small handful of beetles, one bad move could get him crushed. If that happened, regular Gil would be physically and metaphysically unaffected, but it'd stir up a lot of his neuroses, and you'd be pretty upset. Wat do?

>[1] Yes, take a little bit of Gil with you. (Minor combat boost. Moral support. Small chance of "death" depending on rolls.)
>[2] No, leave him be. You'll be fine without him, and you trust him to be fine without you! (No change.)