[Is he ever going to be over the way Rynlan's tentacles seem to have a mind of their own — and that the mind in question tends to be curious, gentle, even playful? Signs point to no.]

You don't have to consider it. You don't have to do anything but just what you are right now.

[He pulls him a little closer, like he's reminding him of the presence of his arm wrapped snug around him.]

Following my voice. Lying in my arms. Staying with me, right in the here and now.