ZURA

"What's the plan, then?"

"Her body is interred in the Royal Tomb beneath the palace."

"You want us... to exhume her body?"

"Yes."

"Are you insane?"

"I said what I said. It's the only way we'll be able to collect any evidence. I know the royals didn't autopsy her. There aren't going to be any records that have the information I need."

"What information is that, exactly, that we're going to be breaking into one of the most well-guarded locations on this part of the continent just to get?"

"Are you stupid or just keen to waste my time with useless questions? You know what I'm paying, don't you? Do you want the money or not?"

"No way. You have no idea what's in that tomb, do you?"

"I MADE what's in that tomb. I'll kill it if I have to, with or without you, vermin."

"..."

"I'll find someone more useful. Someone who values a good opportunity to have some fun."

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AMITY

"I don't know where he is, but I can't let him go after all of that, you know? Plus... I don't know. Something in my blood tells me that if I don't kill him, I can't end this godforsaken curse."

"Have you actually visited a shaman yet?"

"Not my plan. Him first. No doubt my... friend will be a lot more cooperative if I can give it that."

"Isn't avoiding feeding it the entire point?"

"Listen, are you here to nitpick me or to help me? It's a pretty simple goal. I want him dead, and we can figure out the rest after."

"Hm. Well, where are we supposed to start? Gods know where Kieran could have gotten to with the connections he has."

"You say that, but I'm not sure he's smart enough to use any of those connections. I don't reckon he thought it through any more than just walking into the sunset or whatever the hell he did."

"Have you got a lead, then?"

"If you can call it that. I've heard of this fortune teller that might be able to help me, but she's a long ways out."

"Guess we'd better get moving, then."

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MIMI

"So this is it, then. This is what the knights were looking for?"

"Yeah. Do you know what it is?"

"I don't, sadly. I know that's going to be hard to hear, but... I can at least tell you something about it. Perhaps your ... mother? Caretaker? Has already figured this out."

"Info's info, c'mon. Spit it out."

"Well... whatever is in this, it's astronomical. This is more fire magic in one place than my instruments can register, and a bit of preliminary testing showed some extreme responses. I would... be careful with it, if I were you, and more importantly, maybe I would... try to find some way to empty it out."

"Empty it out? Like, get rid of its power? Why?"

"Because the people who came after it are not going to stop coming just because it got out of their hands once. Not... not with something like this."

"..."