"They're... well, not quite Norse, really, but they're from Nifelheim anyway. They live on dreams and nightmares. One of them is under my protection. A different one did a number on an acquaintance of mine - tore apart his mind, raped his soul, what have you - and was using my name to do it."
*says the Iris who is also in the bar*
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"Salut."
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"Mahnamahna."
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Sorry, not going to start that again.
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"Well, you're the one who started it in the first place, really."
A beat.
"If you want to get technical about it."
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True. So seriously. How are you today? Or do you have that song stuck in your head?
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"No, I don't. And... I dunno. Well enough, I suppose, all things being equal."
After a moment, she quietly adds "Not that they ever are, really."
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Something bad happen again?
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"Two things in as many days to steal my name, perverting it. Had to u- kill someone. A former charge is in trouble on a world I've never been to."
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What stole your name?
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Shadowmen? Destructive evil force? What?
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"Don't tell me you thought the Family was the only group to do their best to destroy my reputation."
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Hon, I don't know what you're talking about half the time. You and I, two different wavelengths. Start at the beginning. Who are the Shadowmen?
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"They're... well, not quite Norse, really, but they're from Nifelheim anyway. They live on dreams and nightmares. One of them is under my protection. A different one did a number on an acquaintance of mine - tore apart his mind, raped his soul, what have you - and was using my name to do it."
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