Research. That she humors him with the jewelry is enough to coax a warmer crook out of him, the gaudy earring pocketed away blind. He’ll find it again a month or two from now if he’s still alive, turning out his laundry in search of loose coin.
“Laceration will have to suffice.”
They’ve surely used Thot to cheat tables before, precluding the need to establish a new code in a dark alley. For all that her current form is conspicuous, it’s also innocuous -- inelegant, knobbled, shivering in the cold or with excitement.
“We’ll follow you’re lead.”
For his part he’s kept his own cloak folded over his arm, more hapless without it.
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Date: 2022-05-01 11:23 pm (UTC)“Laceration will have to suffice.”
They’ve surely used Thot to cheat tables before, precluding the need to establish a new code in a dark alley. For all that her current form is conspicuous, it’s also innocuous -- inelegant, knobbled, shivering in the cold or with excitement.
“We’ll follow you’re lead.”
For his part he’s kept his own cloak folded over his arm, more hapless without it.