This one's flash. Got an invitation to a — [ 'effigial bonfire of the virtues' ] — Street play, and a bill for the farrier, and the rest's sealed.

[ so. pages shuffle. ]

'S alright. [ it's not. it's weird, and squirrelly, and reminds him on that kid kept making up stories: beloved of his lady mother one day, abandoned by pirates the next. always something new. radu kicked his ass for it, but that didn't stop anything. just made him quieter. ] You alright?