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Jack was on the floor in front of Mistress Hunter, hemming a dress faster than would be considered humanly possible. Captain O'Connell was discussing 'the enemy,' who had apparently gained too much ground in the city and needed to be 'put into a panic.' Jack was trying not to think about that. Until he heard "So you'll have to make sure you're near enough lamplight, Janie, but after that, it'll just be a matter of being yourself."
Jack removes a pin from between his teeth after almost swallowing it. Mistress Hunter just asks what happens afterward. She reaches down, tugs Jack up a bit more, casually bites her wrist and presents it to him. He drinks, enveloped for a moment in the usual mixed emotions of feeling so alive and feeling what he sometimes suspects heathen worshippers of horrific dark goddesses must feel. But he doesn't completely block out what's being said.
O'Connell explains that after the fighting, they should leave the area for about a month or so, cause trouble elsewhere while the enemy is scrambling to cover up what happened. Then comes the casual mention that she'll probably want to leave Jack a bottle, since she should 'keep up established resources in town.'
There would be fighting, and she was leaving, and ...only one bottle?
Jack removes a pin from between his teeth after almost swallowing it. Mistress Hunter just asks what happens afterward. She reaches down, tugs Jack up a bit more, casually bites her wrist and presents it to him. He drinks, enveloped for a moment in the usual mixed emotions of feeling so alive and feeling what he sometimes suspects heathen worshippers of horrific dark goddesses must feel. But he doesn't completely block out what's being said.
O'Connell explains that after the fighting, they should leave the area for about a month or so, cause trouble elsewhere while the enemy is scrambling to cover up what happened. Then comes the casual mention that she'll probably want to leave Jack a bottle, since she should 'keep up established resources in town.'
There would be fighting, and she was leaving, and ...only one bottle?