It would be a big deal for Daniil. If Burakh somehow did show up here, he would probably find Celehar, promise him not to tell Artemy he called him a friend out of sheer embarrassment, and pretend it never happened. But yes, friend would be an apt description of their relationship.

He wonders more about Celehar's relationship to the dead. He's brought it up a few times. It's obviously a much different relationship than Dankovsky has to death, wanting to defeat it, cure it, he's a bit afraid it would be a matter of contention, and, well, he feels like he has so few friends here to begin with.

Dankovsky's wary of straining what he does have.

"I haven't found anything yet, actually." He answers, "Not for lack of looking, but I've also been exploring the Dunes. Have you found anything of note?"

More like depression wandering through the Dunes, but, you know, same thing.