Silken touch

[Anastasia]

It's not long until events move you again. Indeed, it comes with a sensual voice that whispers into Alicia's mind.

Oh Alicia. I've heard such things about you just recently.

[Ebiris]

Well their trip to the Abyss can't have gone entirely unnoticed.

And?

[Anastasia]

If you were so curious, you should have just asked.

[Ebiris]

It's always more interesting to be shown rather than told though, isn't it?

[Anastasia]

But it's always more fun to be shown by another person.

[Ebiris]

Well I met someone there who was happy enough to talk regardless.

[Anastasia]

So, tell me, what did he say? I'm most curious.

[Ebiris]

Don't worry, he reassured me that you found what you desired.

Yes take that comfort from a liar if you please.

[Anastasia]

My, my, my. Why don't you come over and we discuss it, just the two of us? Taking such initiative to go there yourself, into such a primal evil? I didn't think you had it in you.

[Ebiris]

As playful as these chats are, we both know any time I come over it's not going to be pleasant.

[Anastasia]

I suppose Syala's doing one thing right, then.

There's even a sense of rueful amusement, unhidden. No hostility, no venom.

A Sharran tried very hard to get information about you from one of my Radiant Sisters.

[Ebiris]

I hope she didn't suffer long.

It might be taken as cloying by a demon, but it's sincere enough. She even went out of her way to rescue Violet from the Adversary after all. Torture is unacceptable, no matter who it's done on.

[Anastasia]

He, and of course not. He enjoyed every moment of it, even when he told us everything we wanted to know.

[Ebiris]

Ah, of course.

So was he just a jumped up worshipper, or someone of importance?

It sounds more like the kind of mad scheme a Sharran with more ambition than sense would set about rather than something Shar would sponsor directly.

[Anastasia]

Merely a servant with dreams of power. They seem so interested in you, Alicia.