Valrym was missing. I figured at first he had just left me alone in his tavern because he needed time without me, then when a whole day went by and people showed up expecting to be fed and got nothing, I was more than a little worried. Worried enough of course to wait another day before looking for him (ok so worried is a bit of a stretch, more like mildly annoyed). I was no longer sick, though to be fair I hadn't really been sick for a week at that point, I'm a dick I've admitted this. My first stop was to check in with Therod who was back at work despite still clearly being under the weather.
"Arrested." She punctuated her one word reply with a cough, this became the norm for the conversation.
"By who?"
"The guard authority naturally."
"But not you?"
"I was sick, still am, but work needs doing even if I can't really move beyond the desk, you need to pay your property taxes by the way." Naturally it always came back to money with the captain, well money, murder, potential crimes, look our relationship was fairly adversarial.
"Well then where is he if he was arrested?" Seemed like a logical question.
"First train running back to the capitol."
"What was the charge even?"
"Unauthorized magical usage, Trezlan the people who took him don't tell me much, so if you could do me a favor and leave my office I'd be very grateful."
"Grateful enough to give me a pass on my property taxes?"
"No, but I won't kill you."
"Fair enough." I left, stupid Valrym winding up in the justice system, doesn't he know how to avoid that like I do so well (so so well its why I've been in prison more than anyone else ever). At least he had a true master of the legal system on his side! Me, I'm talking about me!
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