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~~Valentine's Day Special - (page 8 of 8)~~

'You're that interested in recruiting us?' said Rezolo.

"I'm interested in giving you a chance. If the feeling is not mutual, then by all means, stay where you are."

'You really have changed. Where is Kalikos? I should like to speak with him.'

"Nowhere nearby. But I will be returning to him soon, if you wish to accompany me."

Loren glanced at Rezolo. 'You know Egmond and his reaper personally?'

Rezolo ignored him. 'We would need to join you first, is what you are saying.'

"No. But it would be a rather long trip to make purely to have a conversation. And there would be a few detours."

'Who else have you recruited?'

"Not a single soul. You two would be the first."

'Ah.'

Silence arrived, threatening to kill the conversation there. Only the background chatter of the Freemen remained.

Shit. Loren had a feeling that Rezolo would refuse now. It was hard to know what the reaper was thinking, even after all these years together, but he didn't think the Rezolo would want to gamble like this. If the reaper was going to be convinced, then they needed to pull something more concrete out of Egmond.

"...Does this 'new you' have a particular goal in mind?" asked Loren.

"Yes."

Great.

Loren waited for elaboration, trying to have patience.

Thankfully, it did arrive. "I've spent so long destroying things. Now there is something I would like to build."

'Oh?' said Rezolo. 'What would that be?'

"A tower."

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Hector stumbled back, and before he could process anything else, he was on the floor, trying to move and finding that he didn't have the strength.

His head was pounding, and he could scarcely hold onto a single thought. He was fairly sure that someone was talking, but that was about the extent of what his faculties were able to tell him.

That, and he was tired.

Fucking exhausted, actually. Holy shit.