Some of us have had the pleasure of adventuring with Mirri and/or Bastian after completing their companion quests. However, while they are happily tagging along with us, other versions of them are trapped in eternal suffering.
There's Mirri, trapped in a perpetual argument with a fetching s'wit. Why is she still there, she wonders dazedly, wasn't the situation with her brother resolved? She isn't sure, all she knows is that this fetcher is standing between her and her brother and she
will shout him down.

And poor Bastian has somehow gotten tied up again, but this time nobody's coming to rescue him. He can't feel his legs, and his only sustenance has been insects stupid enough to fly into his mouth. His cries for help go unanswered.

Companion Mirri and Bastian put on a brave face but are undoubtedly horrified to witness the pain of their alternate selves.
Please, ZOS, free them from their unending torment. Per the PTS patch notes Update 41 will free Ladlow Menant from his relentless mote onslaught, it's well past time to free these two poor souls, too.