Iluvar couldn't help notice that The Scribe is alive and fighting off death, though the monk learned long ago that is a very misleading reading on his deathwatch eyes. A seasoned adventurer could have a light wound and be far, far from falling over, but either from a reduction in luck, a little bit of battle exhaustion, or perhaps a solid contusion or cut ... that's as fine a reading as his magic item can give on living creatures. That was never its purpose, of course, as it was more for those who are dead, dying, undead, or other.

After walking for a little bit, using only the light of The Scribe's flaming ranseur rather than the halflight charms, The Scribe says, trying to muster some compassion as he often comes off clinical. "Iluvar .... we should stop for just a second. You are in a bad way, my friend. Have you healing for yourself?"

When Iluvar looks at The Scribe, the reading has changed, as The Scribe is no longer "fighting off death," but is "healthy."