Inbox - Fade Rift

[nonvenomous]

Book/crystal/correspondence/action/whatever you desire.

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[acreage]

Especially with Rifters dropping in on them for years. [ at least two years, he knows from talking to wysteria. ] Not to mention the issue of the monsters.

[ though on that note. ]

I didn't think demons [ christ fuckING HELP HIM ] were really the negotiating sort.

[ he's read about deals with the devil, of course, but the point is always that demons always work in those loopholes so they win in the end, and people suffer. monkey's paw. ]

Please. [ reading material. ] I'm not picky on subject matter.

[nonvenomous]

Hard to say. [ Re: demons. ] They can speak, can't they?

[ What’s the worst that could happen? ]

I’ll bring some books by tonight. I’m overdue for a library visit.

[acreage]

And play the fiddle, so I hear.

[ or maybe that's just the devil. ]

Thank you. And I didn't say before, but I'm glad you're doing better.

[ physically, at least, not crossing the line of our silent pact to not talk about feelings. ]

[nonvenomous]

I’m not aware of any instrument proficiencies they might have, [ Richard says, and also: ]

Thank you.

[ Two hours later, he will arrive in whatever infirmary situation they have Holden laid up in with a small stack of three books, one of which is a helpful, illustrated guide to torture devices. The other two are lusty barmaid style romance novels.

Rather than hand them over directly, he leaves them with the healer on duty at the door. ]

[acreage]

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