Manfred’s cloak acquisition is met with enthusiasm from Athénaïs and vigorous investigation from Nuggalope, who immediately attempts to snag a loose end of the tailing fabric.
“As you can see,” she says, wryly affectionate, “he likes to get his teeth in things. I find occasion to replace more than I’d necessarily prefer, but he’s good about coming to me promptly when he’s broken something. You can see—”
there’s a moment where she considers drawing the little skeletal beast over, and then decides against interrupting the attempted playtime in favour of just pointing,
“— where the grave gold would’ve been, but that I just removed. Practical, down here.” Draw less attention from (other) thieves, for one; for another, some of it she’d simply sold of necessity. “The inspiration, originally, was pure competition. I didn’t think to keep him, but, you know.”
Obviously Emmrich knows. He’s clearly very attached to his skeleton.
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“As you can see,” she says, wryly affectionate, “he likes to get his teeth in things. I find occasion to replace more than I’d necessarily prefer, but he’s good about coming to me promptly when he’s broken something. You can see—”
there’s a moment where she considers drawing the little skeletal beast over, and then decides against interrupting the attempted playtime in favour of just pointing,
“— where the grave gold would’ve been, but that I just removed. Practical, down here.” Draw less attention from (other) thieves, for one; for another, some of it she’d simply sold of necessity. “The inspiration, originally, was pure competition. I didn’t think to keep him, but, you know.”
Obviously Emmrich knows. He’s clearly very attached to his skeleton.