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As long as we're sharing, I acquired some interesting incense.

( For a very brief moment, she looks vaguely troubled, but it passes quickly. )

It seemed to impart a memory, one belonging to a young woman. She was on a ship, it was storming, and she was having quite the argument.

If this woman is Cosette, she was far from being a little girl when she died. There could have been a wife, I suppose. In either case, they were hardly contending for family of the year.

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( He absolutely shouldn't read into the pause or the way she clears her throat before answering. )

I'm very good. And I wouldn't call it stumbling, dear.

( Don't call her out on her questionable investigative methods, Five. )

It was a bargain everyone was happy to accept.

[somebadnews]

[ Days when she sounds almost exactly like a Commission agent that he's thus far neglected to identify. If not for the part about a bargain. ]

Meaning what, you traded?

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Might've done.

( She supposes she could have tried stealing it, but she would have just been guessing. Who knows what she might have ended up with? )

[somebadnews]

[ Well, that sounds like a truly terrible idea. Getting those memories back won't come cheap. ]

I suppose you think it was worth it to know that the man who spends his time raising the dead wasn't the beloved father we all thought he was.

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( Had anyone actually thought that? Anyone? )

I thought it was worth it to find out more about her. Please, sweetie. I was careful.

( She thinks. At least, she's usually very good at keeping walls around what she wants walled off and letting people see only what she wants them to see. The trouble with giving up a memory is, well, you can't remember what it is you gave up. )

[somebadnews]

[ Kamala might sympathize with him, but even she seems to get how dangerous he is. As for River's brilliant memory-swapping plan being worth it, he'll at least allow for the possibility. ]

That might explain the rumor I heard about Matthias being sighted on a ship.

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( Until proven otherwise, she'll assume it was worth it. If nothing else, it's let her feel for the girl. )

Tell me more about this rumour?

[somebadnews]

[ How much of that story does he want to tell? Because it ends with getting sold to a gang and it's mildly embarrassing that was the best plan they could come up with. ]

I wouldn't call it a reputable source, but I was told by the people he ran out of business that he's either there or at the Whispering Houses.