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The gravity of the situation tightened Mathik's throat, and he took a shaky step backwards towards his cavern. The realization that he'd been wrong about the Breton man weighed heavy in his stomach....

Mathik met the man's eyes for the last time, allowing the tension in the air between them grow.

"I think," he spoke slowly as he knelt to pick up the necklace. "Your master will have to find...

(Reading can seriously damage your ignorance.)

Mathik considered the man's question for a long moment. The cold night air was biting at his cheeks, but he hardly noticed.

"You have other pieces of her remains?" Though he posed this as a...

Mathik felt worry worm its way into his chest. The need to know what happened to the old witch tried to slip off his tongue, but he caught it. Carefully and quickly he worked to squash the worry...

Mathik watched with amusement as the man floundered like a child throwing a tantrum, then regained his composure. What a delicate patience indeed.

"You're being purposefully vague." Mathik sighed...

Mathik's laugh, a sound that refused to be contained, echoed into the hungry cavern behind him. He shook his head and looked at the man in disbelief. "You're as foolish as you look, aren't you?...

"Any self-respecting scholar has heard of her," Mathik said. His tone and expression made it clear that he wasn't impressed by the drop of such a name. Mathik's eyes traced the man's every movement...

It had been a long time since anyone had asked Mathik to dance. He was worried he had forgotten the steps, something that could be quite detrimental to his well being, but here he was falling into...

"Your Master seems to have known just where to look. In my opinion, hiding in plain sight has its benefits." Mathik shrugged apathetically. He looked cautiously over the landscape for anything amiss....

The carefully crafted wall between past a present within Mathik's mind cracked at the mere mention of that name. His eyes narrowed on the stranger invading his person space.

"You should be wary....

The sight of that smile made Mathik's gut swell with resentment. His frown deepened into nearly a sneer.

"Go tell your master that I'm not interested." His voice was laced with venom. He leaned...

"Who's asking?" Mathik's unamused expression remained as he examined the man who approached him. His dark eyes met the stranger's frosted ones with distaste. The tightly knit frown resting on his...

On a typical night, the tavern was bustling with drunken patrons. Rambunctious cackling littered the air as they tried to forget their day lives in an alcoholic bliss. Each customer filled the voids...