A long beat passes in silence after the skitter of Wysteria’s punted pebble, her unfinished question hanging in the air. The corpse is going to remain where and how it is for questioning. That much is clear.
“He will retain his memories from life but cannot be compelled to answer truthfully. His answers will likely be brief and may be cryptic. Not entirely dissimilar to questioning a wayward spirit of the Fade.”
Richard spiders open one hand, a simple gesture to boost along the mutter of a spell under his breath. Easy and clean as that, a second seven-foot malison stands in his place, bristling green scales feathered out sharp from lidless grey-gold eyes, clawed hands and rippling muscle under golden armor. It looks at Wysteria, and in Richard’s voice, continues, mildly:
“You should remain out of its line of sight for the duration.”
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A long beat passes in silence after the skitter of Wysteria’s punted pebble, her unfinished question hanging in the air. The corpse is going to remain where and how it is for questioning. That much is clear.
“He will retain his memories from life but cannot be compelled to answer truthfully. His answers will likely be brief and may be cryptic. Not entirely dissimilar to questioning a wayward spirit of the Fade.”
Richard spiders open one hand, a simple gesture to boost along the mutter of a spell under his breath. Easy and clean as that, a second seven-foot malison stands in his place, bristling green scales feathered out sharp from lidless grey-gold eyes, clawed hands and rippling muscle under golden armor. It looks at Wysteria, and in Richard’s voice, continues, mildly:
“You should remain out of its line of sight for the duration.”