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[voltadomar]

Got it.

[And he'll quietly walk him there, stopping to give him the opportunity to use his coin.]

... Can I ask what happened?

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[ He fishes it out of a familiar little bag and lets them into the room. ]

Sure... That's fine. [ There's a pause as he tries to think of where to start. ]

We'd arrived in a broken down city... dark, suffocating. We encountered one of the people living there, but things were distorted. Eventually we wound up in a church, dazed and confused. There was an angel there.

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[He'll make sure Kotetsu sits before letting go of him and stepping back. In a practiced motion, he takes his notebook from his jacket pocket.]

An angel? [He's only just started taking notes, but he immediately looks up to meet Kotetsu's eyes.]

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[ There's a light nod at that. ]

A neutral angel. They stopped associating with the warring sides and God.

[voltadomar]

Did they tell you anything else?

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[ He rubs his head, like he's in a haze. ]

A lot happened. It's hard to remember everything. We didn't have a lot of time before we had to get out of there... Before we had to fight that dragon.

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[Kim gives him a concerned look at that.]

And the dragon was what wounded all of you...?

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Some of it. Most of it.

[ But not all of it. ]

[voltadomar]

What else was there?

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...It was before the church.

[ He sounds very reluctant to even say that much. ]

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[He sees that reluctance, and... reconsiders pressing on that.]

... You had something with you when you came out. What was it?

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[ He appreciates that deeply. ]

It was a holy grail. It was protecting us from the miasma down there.

[voltadomar]

A "holy grail"?

[Kim has no idea what that is.]

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[ There's a half shrug. ]

That's what we were told it was.

[voltadomar]

Hm...

Where did it come from? The church?

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[ He nods softly. ]

It was protecting us from the miasma.

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[He nods.]

Did you bring anything else back?

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Nero and A-Qing have some items. For me, I also took the note that was there.

[voltadomar]

Two items and a note...?

[He processes that, and then... looks relieved.]

Good... Okay, what did the note say?

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[ He hasn't had the chance to think about it much, but he fishes it out of the little bag of his, which now is clawed up a bit.

But he hands it over. In loopy script:

The Authority is not the Creator it claims to be. It is easy to fall victim to their lies, as one of the eldest beings of this universe. Xaphania is no exception, and to have one's pride wounded is to no longer seek understanding. ]

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[He takes it, lays it on his open page, and makes some notes.]

Any idea what "Xaphania" could be? I've not heard that word before.

[He hands the note back.]

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[ He tucks the note back away. His head shaking some. ]

No, no idea...

[ Or maybe he's too tired at this point. Everything has been piling on. He looks so tired. ]

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[Kim nods, and puts his notebook away. That's enough for the interrogation.]

We'll figure it out.

Anything I can get you? Some pain medicine, or some water, perhaps?

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[ He looks at him with a wry smile. ]

How about a break?

[ He's joking. This isn't meant as self-pity. He's just on the tired side and it'd be nice to have a little rest. But he knows they must keep going. ]

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Those are in short supply, I'm afraid.

[A hint of humour in his tone.]

Another weekend, another murder investigation. You know how it goes.