"I'm not sure how you can tell, but... I have a feeling you're right."

Apollo swallows and tries to ignore the stinging in his eyes. He could barely handle being stabbed or slowly dying of poison. How long does starvation take? Days? Weeks? This priest was here letting himself waste away for that whole time.

He focuses harder on the runes. "We can't — I mean, he needs..." The words keep getting caught in his mouth as he tries to speak a thousand rationalizations at once. "Perhaps we should... try to find out what last rites he would have wanted. Surely there's something here to tell is. He deserves that much."