( Licyn sounds amused, if anything, even as he clicks his tongue against the back of his teeth and unfurls the scroll. Carefully, given the thin nature of the paper and the torn edge it already shows, made more apparent as it unrolls in his calloused fingers.
There's a wax seal he sees, grimacing when he does: written poorly on the back of the scroll a note. He reads that aloud, for the benefit of his living companion. )
"All debts repaid. We know." With wax from the Dawn's Reach Trading Company — leaves an unpleasant taste on the tongue.
( He shows the writing to Wen Kexing, continuing to frown. )
You're too new to know anything about them. They're interested in all sorts of nasty, magical dead things. Hearts and tongues and shards of dark mirrors. What those all mean, don't bother asking me, I'm just a mercenary, but any merchant's group too invested in items of power is a dangerous one. Likely to renege on contracts. Or try to kill you.
( The exact sorts of people he tries avoiding when taking and making his own contracts. He pockets the cinnamon, in the meantime. Pricey stuff, that. )
no subject
( Licyn sounds amused, if anything, even as he clicks his tongue against the back of his teeth and unfurls the scroll. Carefully, given the thin nature of the paper and the torn edge it already shows, made more apparent as it unrolls in his calloused fingers.
There's a wax seal he sees, grimacing when he does: written poorly on the back of the scroll a note. He reads that aloud, for the benefit of his living companion. )
"All debts repaid. We know." With wax from the Dawn's Reach Trading Company — leaves an unpleasant taste on the tongue.
( He shows the writing to Wen Kexing, continuing to frown. )
You're too new to know anything about them. They're interested in all sorts of nasty, magical dead things. Hearts and tongues and shards of dark mirrors. What those all mean, don't bother asking me, I'm just a mercenary, but any merchant's group too invested in items of power is a dangerous one. Likely to renege on contracts. Or try to kill you.
( The exact sorts of people he tries avoiding when taking and making his own contracts. He pockets the cinnamon, in the meantime. Pricey stuff, that. )
So what do they know?