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[whattaprick]

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[whattaprick]

[ That gets a sharp grimace, Lambert raising his glass and slamming back half the cup almost immediately. ]

Had that shitty dream too, huh?

[atouts]

[ Childermass only goes in for about a quarter of his glass but the mood is the same. ]

Didn't we all?

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Fuck if I know. Didn't exactly go around asking the whole city about it.

[ Lambert sets his glass back down on the counter, claws restlessly tapping on the glass before he forces them to a stop. ]

You're a witch, right? [ It comes out less like a confirmation of a fact he already knows than a challenge. ]

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If it falls in line with the last dream, I can only imagine those I met during it would remember it the same.

[ Maybe it's a big assumption to make but he's not usually one to dream about people he barely knows at random. Setting his own glass down, there is a moment where he gives the witcher a faintly amused look, like the answer to that should have been obvious.

No.

He must know. Why ask, then? ]

I am.

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[ Unshockingly, Lambert's asking only to probe at it like one might at a sore tooth. ]

Didn't like having monsters jumping at your beck and call, then?

[atouts]

[ If that's his goal, he'll only find indifference, as per usual. ]

I could have just as easily arrived here a monster myself, so, no, I've no interest in having them — or anyone else — jumping at my beck and call. At best I would find it embarrassing.

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[ That just gets a sneer from the witcher, though it’s not directed at Childermass this time. The hand not occupied with aimlessly swirling the remaining alcohol in the glass rubs at one wrist, unconsciously. ]

Good.

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[ Good thing for Lambert, Childermass is hard to offend. He's going to take it as making sure he isn't that kind of asshole specifically. ]

Are you worried that there are witches in Aefenglom who would?

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I know there are witches who would. [ Lambert answers, with certainty, looking up with viper-bright eyes only beginning to bleed into gold at the edges. ]

I head it wasn’t that long ago when Aefenglom first starting getting people Bonded. Makes you wonder what they were doing before.

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[ Hm, well, Lambert won't find Childermass about to disagree there. He's no doubt right. ]

Using familiars, I think. [ Similar concept, probably very different outcome. ] Though what they did with monsters before that, I do not know.