we_bring_hell: (Face: Glabella)
Harrowhark the Ninth ([personal profile] we_bring_hell) wrote in [personal profile] jaskoleczka 2020-11-15 03:11 am (UTC)

"You don't fight it, Griddle. It's not about fighting. At least... not that part."

There is still, like, a bone monster.

"But you were right. I think this process requires perfect trust between the necromancer and the cavalier."

She swallows. She's theorizing way out ahead of her facts, articulating untested hypotheses that have been gradually accumulating unspoken. And she's not even sure--not entirely--that the second death of the prophecy is what she's describing. But Gideon needs certainty, and she can give her that, if she fakes it well enough. She's been doing it all her life.

"The test with the construct--seeing through your eyes. I think I need you as a secure point from which to complete the work. I need you to hold me steady."

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