[ Five listens intently as she recounts what Matthias wanted, and his eye twitches when she brings up the Merchant immediately contacting her. That they picked now, the minute that Hell was sealed, to swoop in on their most vulnerable is... something he should have anticipated.
If he weren't in the state he is — the visit to Hell was almost too much, with the mirror in him still buzzing and threatening his composure if he slips — he might have started pacing as his mind turns around this new information. When she shows him what she's drawn he stares at it for a long while before shifting his eyes back to her.
No, he doesn't think that he would have said the same thing to him. Five has killed far more than the undead, so he'd have used a different tactic. The Merchant always seemed to know that about him from the first time they spoke, and now Matthias is overly familiar with Kamala. Of course, it could just have been what he thought would work on a girl separated from her family, but he won't discredit her suspicions. ]
I've seen him before, in a mirror. [ And a dream, he thinks, but that was too confusing and only left him with an impression. ] He's probably been watching us for as long as we've been following in his footsteps.
This... is good. He's never spoken to one of us before. Now we know that he sees us as a threat, and we're closer to understanding what his motives are. I wanted to track him down, and he came to you willingly. We have an opening.
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If he weren't in the state he is — the visit to Hell was almost too much, with the mirror in him still buzzing and threatening his composure if he slips — he might have started pacing as his mind turns around this new information. When she shows him what she's drawn he stares at it for a long while before shifting his eyes back to her.
No, he doesn't think that he would have said the same thing to him. Five has killed far more than the undead, so he'd have used a different tactic. The Merchant always seemed to know that about him from the first time they spoke, and now Matthias is overly familiar with Kamala. Of course, it could just have been what he thought would work on a girl separated from her family, but he won't discredit her suspicions. ]
I've seen him before, in a mirror. [ And a dream, he thinks, but that was too confusing and only left him with an impression. ] He's probably been watching us for as long as we've been following in his footsteps.
This... is good. He's never spoken to one of us before. Now we know that he sees us as a threat, and we're closer to understanding what his motives are. I wanted to track him down, and he came to you willingly. We have an opening.
What else did the Merchant say?