Animus will rejoin the party, having spent ample time aggrivating himself. While he was away he spent a great deal of time looking for any of Jirlai's informants as best his feeble coersion skills could. When he comes back to the group, he looks unkempt, though he has kept his hair short and his face clean. Perhaps he may look significantly thinner than before.
Using Missive a few times,
"Sorry, everyone. I was not patient with you." Animus pauses, then looks up, "You are continuing on that quest, I suppose?" He grabs at his sword, stowed on his left side, "You can still trust me. Though I have become ill."