We moved beyond the room of runes deeper into the underground complex Ned used to store and ship out dangerous magical artifacts (this is where people who aren't magical make so many mistakes, like they can't tell one from another so they'll have something rather benign next to something that could kill them instantly and have no clue). Ned was moving fairly fast I had to walk briskly to keep up. We arrived at his real office and he left two men outside. The inside of it was also covered in anti magical runes, he also had some weird electrical devices set up I later found out canceled out recording equipment.
"So your making a play on Morley eh?" Ned was talking that conspiracy whisper people like to make when no one else is around.
"Several times he's tried on my life, I can trace most moments of misery in it to that man, its about time I give him some in return." Like I've always said the best lies are truths. Wait that, nevermind keep going.
"And you want me to risk my operation to help you take him down?" Ned didn't seem like the kind of guy who would care about what I did with what I acquired.
"I don't see how you helping me locate something of mine anyways would put you in danger."
"Looking for anything associated with Morley would be dangerous." He was balancing something on his hand, it looked like a human bone of some kind, but I couldn't make out what it was.
"Well then we're done here, if you aren't going to help I'm out." At this point I was wondering what exactly Chandler wanted me to find other than this warehouse. It was kind of out of the way, but not exactly hidden, I have to admit I hadn't gotten very many good instructions on what to do here.
"Hold on, hold on we're negotiating."
"We are?"
"You're a businessman you know how this goes I tell you no, you ask what I can do and we go back and forth on this." This seemed a little too confesionary and I was right it totally was.
"So what can you do for me Ned? And what will it cost?" He smiled and put the bone down.
"Let me show you what I got Trezlan, and then we can talk about cost." He hustled me out of his office and past a bunch of dangerous stuff into a backroom with no exist and a lot of men with guns. "What I got is you, and what I'm going to get is a lot of money from Morley."
"Well aren't you a peach Ned." He clamped the shackles on me and then all kinds of awful things broke loose. And by that I mean I blew some shit up, because it had been a while and sometimes you just have to blow something up, especially if that something think they can turn you into someone awful.
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