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[fallenapple]

Hey, you.

[Yes, you. You with the face and ears that are listening to this.]

Now that the drama's over, have you seen a witch around here? Usually I'd be able to find them myself but those damn animus seem to be screwing with me.

Normally, they cause humans to kill themselves, so if you see people jumping off buildings and shit give me a call, okay?

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[marriedforlove]

A witch? Do you believe they are here?

[She takes this quite seriously. Witches and witch-takers are still evidently present in England.]

[fallenapple]

[Oh. It's "the Queen"]

I want there to be. It's kind of important that they are for me.

[marriedforlove]

You cannot be thinking of joining their spells.

[fallenapple]

No, idiot. Do I look like I want to kill myself?

[marriedforlove]

Then be thankful if they are gone.

[fallenapple]

Witches are what I eat, Queenie. Would you want your food to go away?

[marriedforlove]

Your... food? [Alright, that sounds disgusting.]

[fallenapple]

I don't eat their bodies, but I need their grief seeds.

[It is. It's cannibalism, actually.]

[marriedforlove]

Grief seeds? [You are turning her into a parrot, Kyoko.]

I do not understand.

[fallenapple]

They're the witch's soul. I need them so-

[How to put this? So I can still use magic? So I don't die? So I don't turn into a witch myself? She's not sure at this point.]

...so I can stay alive.

[marriedforlove]

So you are a witch-taker. [That's really the nearest equivalent she's got.]

[fallenapple]

Yeah, and...?

[Seriously, you'd want them dead too.]

[marriedforlove]

That is a very noble and holy calling.

[Her parents are the patrons of the Inquisition.]

[fallenapple]

[A soft snort.]

I wouldn't call it holy.

[It was, at first. She fought for her church and her beliefs, until that came crashing down around her.]

[marriedforlove]

Oh, it is. It is certainly sacred.

[fallenapple]

...

Have you even seen a witch before?