Successful Mission

[Bjorn]

Bjorn snorts.  "He's a fool, but the way you mean it, yes, he's trustworthy.  He hasn't had time to make contacts with the Dreadmarch -- and just like me, it'll be death or worse for him if the Dreadmarch succeeds."

Flipping through the pages, he adds, "On the other hand, I wouldn't trust him with chasing down whoever else might have been involved, either.  Hrm.  Notes on daily routine are obvious.  Fungal mix and spirits -- the poison, I presume."  As he goes through the notes again, he becomes absorbed in the problem, losing track of where he is.  "Probably injected -- under the eyelid, maybe.  Did it with a sewing needle, heated the sewing needle, threw it in the snow."  He frowns at the gibberish phrases.  "These, here, are probably pass phrases.  And then there's this... Fletcher.  An alias?  Probably.  Also our best lead.   How to draw him out?"

[Brian]

"I don't know," Mirallia says in a quiet, tired voice.  "I ... I need to rest and think about this for a while."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn starts, startled to be reminded that there's someone else in the room with him.  After a second of staring at Mirallia wide-eyed, he closes the book, face softening.  "I'm sorry," he says, as gently as he can manage.  "This wasn't very considerate of me, to simply dump it all on you like this.  Are you all right?"

[Brian]

"I'm fine," she says.  "It's just been a very trying month."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn exhales, slowly.  "Yes," he says, a bit sadly.  "I'm sure it has."  With a crooked smile, he tells Mirallia, "Sleep.  Tomorrow will be long enough as it is."

[Brian]

She nods at you, and her door closes.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn returns to his own space, and sits down, flipping through Durant's book again.  Too much here, he thinks, stifling a yawn.  Don't even know where to start.  Fletcher...

And, thinking that thought, he eventually dozes off to sleep, book still open across his lap.

[Brian]

You're woken by a knock at the door, and a summons to Lord Kevin.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn thanks the messenger, and then wakes Mirallia.  "Time to meet Lord Kevin."

[Brian]

This thread now moves to: Crossfire Sequence.