User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/The Fatekeeper/@comment-27950421-20161118124401/@comment-28358106-20161121012307

"Oooooh!"

Heloise grabs the bottle and looks it over. Victivius drums his fingers on the arm of his throne.

"Yes...I had anticipated as much.  While my brother may be the frequent target of your boredom, I am not.  The pact we hold cannot be broken by such banality, and the Host and the Hells will not be deterred.  He and I both have searched for an alternate means of our pact, and have instead come to compromise, understanding finally the balances that must be kept.  There are many truths, O King, that  cannot be circumvented, not even through arrogance."

Cyndwella has uncorked the bottle and given it a whiff. "Ugh!  What is IN this stuff?"

Leave it be, fool.  Aidlis scowls.

Emelia, staring at the floor, begins  to smile. "hAt," she says.