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"Very well. Fell, what <strong>of</strong> the tat<strong>to</strong>os on the arm?"<br />

Fell examined the arm again, tracing the other faded tat<strong>to</strong>os upon its<br />

surface. As he did, they each <strong>appear</strong>ed as a symbol above his head, hazy at<br />

first, then coming in<strong>to</strong> focus sharply. He turned <strong>to</strong> face me. <br />

~~~~~<br />

"So where's the place where you found my body?" I asked Annah as we left<br />

Fell's parlor.<br />

She pointed <strong>do</strong>wn the street, "The spot where I found yer body lies <strong>be</strong>hind<br />

the Painted Door in the Hive Red-Light District - the <strong>do</strong>or's on that northern<br />

street, north and east o' the Smoldering Corpse Bar. Beyond the <strong>do</strong>or is an<br />

alley where I found your body. Strange place, it is. Not many <strong>be</strong>rks'll go<br />

there."<br />

"Strange place? How?"<br />

"Some <strong>be</strong>rks with less courage than names say it's all a-haunted, it is."<br />

Annah spat and made a semi-circle over her heart. "It's wash. Sometimes<br />

the wind blows through the alley and makes weird sighing noises, but that<br />

<strong>do</strong>n't mean there's spectres and haunts and the like."<br />

Dak'kon's coal-black eyes stared <strong>of</strong>f in<strong>to</strong> the distance, "Perhaps they are the<br />

whispers <strong>of</strong> lamentation, from a city that <strong>do</strong>es <strong>not</strong> know itself."<br />

Morte bob<strong>be</strong>d in a nod, "Mmm. Sigil's a pretty barmy place, and it's<br />

probably more alive than you might think. Spooks aren't anything special, <strong>of</strong><br />

course, but I <strong>do</strong>n't think I'd like <strong>to</strong> run in<strong>to</strong> a spook from a dead piece <strong>of</strong> Sigil<br />

itself." He shuddered.<br />

Annah shifted a bit uncomfortably at their words, but said <strong>not</strong>hing. I turned<br />

<strong>to</strong> face her, "Annah, did you find anything on my body <strong>be</strong>fore you brought it<br />

<strong>to</strong> the Mortuary?"<br />

She looked at me warily, and her tail s<strong>to</strong>pped flicking for a moment, then<br />

resumed, slower than <strong>be</strong>fore. "Aye, mayhap I found somethin'. But if I found<br />

anythin', it's mine by right, it is -- the other bits are in Pharod's keeping."<br />

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