Kas bites his lip. Petaal turns linsang and flows up to sit on his shoulder and read the next answer along with him.
Where is he, exactly?
A forest in Pennsylvania, apparently. There's more detail, enough that Petaal nods along: she can find this place.
Okay. Last question. (He doesn't ask it if it was sure about daemon—lonely/alone. He knows exactly how sure it was.)
How do we separate?
Send—journey—pain—stay.
Simple enough. And with Isabella right there continuing to hurt, they're not inclined to argue about it. Petaal shifts cheetah and bolts for her cloud-pine, and Kas wraps his arms around Isabella and cries.
no subject
Then he needs both hands to work the alethiometer.
What happened to Path?
Captured—killer—danger—torture.
Can I fix it? How?
Daemon—lonely/alone—send—find—change(form)—small—sneak—kill—rescue—safe.
Kas bites his lip. Petaal turns linsang and flows up to sit on his shoulder and read the next answer along with him.
Where is he, exactly?
A forest in Pennsylvania, apparently. There's more detail, enough that Petaal nods along: she can find this place.
Okay. Last question. (He doesn't ask it if it was sure about daemon—lonely/alone. He knows exactly how sure it was.)
How do we separate?
Send—journey—pain—stay.
Simple enough. And with Isabella right there continuing to hurt, they're not inclined to argue about it. Petaal shifts cheetah and bolts for her cloud-pine, and Kas wraps his arms around Isabella and cries.