Popp manages to ooze back upright with some levitation involved, because his magic levels aren't depleted at all.

"Yeah, yeah, all right."

Avan usually is right about this genre of thing, which is in some way comforting and in some way frustrating. At least Popp was right about what it takes to get him to really get into hero-adjacent tasks, and that's joining in right alongside him.

He wishes he were wrong about that, actually.

At least the stew's good.