mollymauk catchall

[outsidebones]

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[outsidebones]

...Oh.

[she wanders over to the computer and starts pressing buttons on it.]

Yes, this isn't what I expected.

[headmt]

This is terrible ... is this actually the worst place you could have gone?

[ There's a dying plant over there. Molly pauses to look at a cubicle, and a stock photo of someone's wife. ]

[outsidebones]

[NO THAT'S CHARLEY BE NICE TO CHARLEY.]

...There were rooms like this in Canaan House. These may be ancient artifacts.

[headmt]

[ Going to sit himself in a cubicle chair and spinning around. ]

And what do you do with such treasured ancient artifacts?

[outsidebones]

Ordinarily look for notes, information. But there won't be any.

[she sort of pokes at a stapler.]

...There is a friend of mine who would be very excited to see all of these.

[since when does Harrow have friends.]

[headmt]

Probably nothing much useful ...

[ Molly does NOT say that, since Harrow has? A lot of friends? ]

Who's that, then?

[outsidebones]

Abigail Pent. The heir to the Fifth House. She was a rather brilliant historian.

[headmt]

[ He stops spinning for a bit, actually looking forward - seeming a bit more serious. ]

Was ... ?

[outsidebones]

Oh, she is dead, but I only really knew her after she was already dead. I was perfectly ghastly to her when she was alive.

[headmt]

Is that a -- Permanent situation for her? Know with all the magic stuff.

I mean, you only really knew me after I was already dead too, yeah?

[outsidebones]

It is, yes. When the soul has gone to the river, bringing it back is not an easy task. Besides, her husband is dead, too, and the Fourth House children. It is not so easily undone.

[it's sad, but - ]

I met her as a ghost. I accidentally drew her into a bubble I created with my mind that was haunted by a revenant, and she decided to stay and help me before returning to the river.

It was good of her. She didn't need to. She was very clever. I'm glad that I went back, or else her efforts for me would have been in vain.

[headmt]

Right.

[ He isn't quite sure what to do with all of that - there's a lot of information stuffed into those few short sentences, but he won't force her to tell him so much so quickly if she's still processing. ]

Then suppose I'm grateful to her. Helping take care of you. And I'm sorry I didn't get to meet her.