[THAT. WORKS. he looks like he might protest that it's unnecessary at first, but sitting down eases the number of things he has to pay attention to.

Lethe cannot get out of his own head for long enough to make the feathers completely stop. though Charon can't feel his emotions or know precisely what he's thinking, it's clear that he's stuck himself in a loop of calming down and panicking: every few minutes he sprouts a few feathers again, only to pull them back in a moment later.]

How the hell does he handle these things...