Shivernight Manor

When the blades are removed, Bluefoot's eyes widen slightly. She was not expecting the effect to be so... notable. She tries not to let it show, however, and puts the sword down. Since by this point it's quite late, she'll leave to go to bed. There will be two more days of this torture, with occasional healing and kindness mixed in.

The sword trick, and the words, will be repeated every day.

Smuggling Route Dropoff

"What's it like being... whatever you are? It's the same question. I've always been his daemon, and he's always been me." It's an interesting relationship, in Ziyad's homeworld, between daemon and human. They're two halves of the same soul, almost literally. If one dies, both do.