No doubt during those episodes, when the hologram couldn't manage to sing or coax the tiger back to sanity, would simply shut off and refuse to hand out any more information until Tannusen had done something to settle himself. As intangible as the light projection was there was only so much the AI could do.

Cassian however, was very physical, and his hands moved to gently smooth through Tannusen's hair, murmuring in Gaelic into his ear. Gentle, soft reassurances, sweet platitudes and ever repeated, the one phrase he knew Tannusen had managed to translate, even if he'd never stated it in English.

"Is breá liom tú."