He doesn't waver or equivocate, just says, "Nikos and I took her from the family crypt in Cumberland."
Is that theft? Maybe. They might have lost their rights to their own ancestors, legally, when Nikos got the family expelled from Nevarra. Maybe the crypt belongs to the Veranas branch now. He doesn't know, and he only cares a little.
The mummy, the spirit inside it, seems to be paying quiet attention to Sidony's preparations.
"We were worried they might be next, after Nevarra City fell," Kostos says, tucking a piece of her dry, brittle hair back into place. Which reminds him–"Do you know how your family is?"
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Is that theft? Maybe. They might have lost their rights to their own ancestors, legally, when Nikos got the family expelled from Nevarra. Maybe the crypt belongs to the Veranas branch now. He doesn't know, and he only cares a little.
The mummy, the spirit inside it, seems to be paying quiet attention to Sidony's preparations.
"We were worried they might be next, after Nevarra City fell," Kostos says, tucking a piece of her dry, brittle hair back into place. Which reminds him–"Do you know how your family is?"