Hugo's health had deteoriorated considerably. He was coughing aggressively and
spitting phlegm from his mouth. Annabella poured mead to Hugo. Hugo took a sip
from the tankard. His forehead was sweating as a result of coughing. Coughing
hurt and was physically challenging to him. Hugo ate extremely little.
Swallowing had become difficult and for this reason he was eating mainly
soups. When the evening arrived, weakened Hugo withrew into his bedroom.
Annabella looked at her father who was sleeping restful sleep. Jonas stood by
her side. Annabella was sniveling. Such is the nature of despair that it takes
away one's willingness to continue living. Despair is similar to the spell
mellon collie that it prevents one from using all their strength and
capacities. Despair also feeds from harm and each harmful spell increases the
effect of the spell. It's also known that proficiency in the spell mellon
collie helps when casting despair as does the charisma of the caster.