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To retrieve Angel Devil only. I don't think anyone is foolhardy enough to try for more.

[HE COULD BE WRONG THOUGH. GOD.]

I don't even know what the purpose was for the first and second trips. So I don't completely trust a third, even if it seems to be necessary.

I think the first was just to see what was to be found, though they did get a little wolfsbane and confirmed the necessity of a Weed to guide, at the least. And the Wolf King's presence.

The second, though, I am not really sure. Simply more information, I suppose.

...It's not like we can stop them from going in there, but seriously...what the heck. I feel like I need to teach them how to make a plan before going into unknown territory.

[ugh]

They did have some kind of a plan. In retrospect, I should have tried to stop Blood Fiend when I heard of the intention for a second trip, though.

[shakes his head]

It's not your responsibility to try and stop them. Especially when you're not really talking to Blood Fiend.

[raises an eyebrow at him as if to confirm that he is indeed not really talking to Blood Fiend]

[MAKES A FACE. understated like most of his faces, but]

I only spoke to him when he offered to do so in Rose barn, which is warded against psychic influencing.

I'm kind of surprised you talked to him even with that stipulation.

[pauses, for half a beat]

Surprised is the wrong word. What I meant is...don't push yourself.

I have not pushed myself beyond any tolerance, but your concern is very much apprciated.

[...gives a nod]

If it is too much, you can always ask someone else to talk to him. I know you won't, but I'm saying it out loud so that you're forced to at least consider it as an option.

Frankly, in that scenario, I would feel worst for the middleman.

It's not...

I don't hate him for it, or find his presence intolerable. Others on Lily like him well enough, he is often caught up in the same endeavors we are, and I respect that.

I just no longer trust him.

It's hard to work with someone if you don't trust them.

It is.

But it's not a hard price to pay to try to keep a full flock from being lost to the forces that ring this place. When he is as invested in the outcome as we are, or more, and thus would be disinclined to commit the same offense.

I don't think he's going to pull anything. Especially not if we're focused on a task as important as this.

[shrugs a little]

If you're fine then I won't worry about it. I just wanted to make sure you are fine.

[dips his head a little]

I am fine, I promise.

Okay. Any other news you want to give me, or can I give you some stuffy books to read?

[a tiny noise, maybe amused]

You can give me some stuffy books to read.

[hops off his bed to go dig through one of the book piles and pull out like 3 books on magic from Aides's world to hand over]

These ones are out of my league. I was hoping to find something regarding fae magic, specifically, but I couldn't make it through the first few chapters. If you find anything on fae magic or dream magic, flag it. Or anything about "ideal worlds".

What mystery are you trying to solve now, Lethe...?

[he takes them easily and also takes a notebook out to annotate, though]

This is for Aides. I talked to Tart about his memories glitching. He said that everyone in their school is trapped under a sleeping spell by someone who is trying to make them be "reborn" into their perfect dream worlds where they don't have to deal with suffering or loss. It sounds like a student named Malleus Draconia is responsible. He has fae blood, and I think dragon blood too. That's a...separate part of their world that I'm still trying to work out.

I talked to Aides a little bit about it. He knows something is off about his memories, but any time he tries to think about it, it just slips out of his mind. ...I didn't tell him what Tart told me, since it seemed like he'd forget anyways, but I did ask him to dig up anything that he thought might be useful regarding Malleus. He might be able to break himself out of his own dream if he works at it. The issue after that would be...how it impacts him.

We tested the memory issue during the bartending ritual. It's as you say.

[settles himself down either on a free seat or the edge of the bed, with the air of someone who does at least know what he is doing here]

I will help you research.

[he just has the bed in his room so it's the only place to sit; he grabs a different book and makes room so he can plop down to read too]

Thanks. I'm not great at research to begin with, honestly. So I feel like I'm missing a lot, especially with subjects I've never worked with before.

[cracks one of the books, drawing his finger down the page with a quiet thoughtful sound]

I know how to research, but I am somewhat out of my depth with otherworld magic as well. We will fumble through it together.

All we need to do is fumble through just enough to find potential causes and solutions.

[starts flipping through his own book and jotting down notes]

[it can be a peaceful time of hitting the books and finding a few more useful tidbits...Charon does eventually excuse himself, but at least they've got some stuff sorted.]

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