#and can probably acknowledge that despite being extremely competent in many ways the nein should not be trusted with bodyguard duties

[augentrust]

"essek stays away post-canon because he doesn't want to endanger the nein while he's on the run" absolutely valid, but also i raise you: essek knows about the one (1) time the nein were in charge of protecting an important mage and she survived approximately one week before getting violently murdered while they were — direct quote — "havin' bacon"

#to be fair they did not like vess and that was not their best effort but still #essek thelyss #mighty nein #cr2 #critical role #this is mostly a joke because i love every fic where essek gives them (and particularly caleb) space to keep them safe #but it occurred to me that essek is one of the few people who knows the full story about vess #and can probably acknowledge that despite being extremely competent in many ways the nein should not be trusted with bodyguard duties #august chats