Cicero is nutters

[ourmotherskeeper]

How dare you? Oh how DARE you take sweet Cicero from his mother?! Mother needs care! She needs dusting and oiling and speaking and NO ONE knows how to do it like I do!

Let Cicero go. Let Cicero go BACK to Mother and the new Listener, or you'll PAY for this! PAAAAAAAAAY!

Oh, don't worry, Mother. Sweet, loyal Cicero will be back soon. You won't have to be without your Keeper for long, oh no.

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[shanksforseptims]

[Oh dammit, why is this loony clown here?

Oh well. Might as well have some fun with it...]

Shouldn't a loyal fellow like you be doing all you can to get back instead of whining, Cicero?

[ourmotherskeeper]

Listener!

[He's gonna dance a little in place, but it's more like an agitated dance than it is a happy dance.]

Oh, Cicero is trying, Listener, Cicero is trying! I tried sneaking out, but there are no places to sneak, and then I tried stabbing, but all the people in here ganged up on poor Cicero, and now I can only demand that this woman release me before I try stabbing again. [...His problem-solving skills are lacking.]

[shanksforseptims]

[And with problem-solving skills like that, it's a miracle that the Night Mother has survived this long in Cicero's care...]

Mm... I see.

Perhaps it is a further test of your faith, to be away from the Night Mother whilst she is in the care of others. [There's a smile on the Bosmer's face - it appears to be one of knowing sympathy, but it hides a great degree of amusement.]

[ourmotherskeeper]

[Hey, hey, to be fair, there's very little to work with up here. Once you've ascertained that there are no exits, no tools, and no people willing to help, you go to your default. Cicero's default is sneaking and stabbing.]

Faith? But Cicero is ever-faithful, Listener! That's never in doubt, oh no, never! No one knows how to take care of Mother like I do! She needs me!

[shanksforseptims]

[One must adapt, Cicero. Learn to use the people as your tools - whether they're willing or not.]

[The Bosmer raises his hands, as if to look innocent.] Ah, even as the Listener, it is not my place to question the Night Mother - merely to listen and obey...

[ourmotherskeeper]

[You try manipulating people who can read your thoughts without effort. 8< Goddamn psychics.]

Q-Question? Oh no, Cicero never questions, no, never questions Mother. Mother knows best!

Is it Mother's will that Cicero be away?

[shanksforseptims]

[Get that speech skill up higher!]

I am uncertain, as like you, I have been pulled away from Skyrim. I believe it is not without reason, though.

[ourmotherskeeper]

[S-sob ;.; ]

If... if the Listener believes it is the will of Sithis, Cicero will not question. The Listener is much better at Listening than poor, sweet Cicero, anyway.

I will stay faithful to Mother.