Aemoten can't be mind-controlled, as you might recall, though with some rather unpleasant side-effects ... so it will be anywhere from hurt like ten kicks of the sort Jaelnec was subjected to outright shorting his mind/soul and killing him (which he, granted, would recover somewhat more easily than from a more, uh, "messy" death, but he still wouldn't be capable of really [i]functioning[/i] for quite some while, at least). But I guess he'll explain it to Thaler himself (though he wouldn't quite put it like [i]that[/i]). ...I don't think he'll try to stop her for any longer than is necessary to give a(n uncharacteristically short, for once) explanation on a few things, unless she decides to completely go running off, not in his current condition. I think they've both equally reached "enough of that BS already, just fucking leave us [i]be[/i] for once" by now... If it weren't for sheer sense of duty (leader of the party and what not) and stubborn determination he'd probably just wander off and flop over face-down somewhere, too. ((IC, I don't think he'd have been mad at Thaler if she had killed Angora, either ... killing in self-defence, especially since she *did* literally ambush them with no apparent reason, is fully permitted. It's generally preferable to not (immediately) kill any subdued opponents - if for no other reason, then interrogation, maybe they have another 50 guys sitting in a bush somewhere, or someone has put a bounty on their heads or something -, but in the middle of retaliation ... immediate threat eliminated, basically.))