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locks -- well, I can tell yeh what NOT to do. First is, be sure yeh carry a little
oil or something else to wet the tip o' yer lockpick in case the lock's
stubborn; one other thing I've learned - from ol' stutter-crutch Pharod, no
less -- is many of the locks in Sigil are actually patterned by this one
locksmith from a stone's age ago, an' they have this common catch yeh --"
There were no locks about, but the lecture was just as informative as the
last. I soaked up her stories, chuckled at her jokes. Her shoulders relaxed
then, and she was less stingy with her smiles and laughs. She really was
pretty when she laughed.
"...so it was getting' near Peak, with the first fingers o' dawn creepin' in, an' I
knew they'd be searching the attics for me. But because the attic lock was
Sigil-born, I knew how to jam the catch so they couldn't force it, and it
bought me enough time to scarper away across the roof with the silver, it
did."
"So that lock tumbler 'type' is the one on which a lot of locks are based...
that should help if I ever need to pick a similar lock, then."
"Aye, but if there be a trap there, yeh need ta know what to do. Now that's
an easy one tae give the knowing on - the most important thing is that
someone had to SET the trap, and that they KNOW about it once they've set
it, so be sure to look for signs of it when yeh're walkin' where someone
keeps their valuables. There was one time, when I was enterin' the Grand
Demense in the Clerk's Ward, an'..."
She was proud of her craft, and so skilled in putting the art of thievery into
words that she must've lain awake many a night, with a smile on her lips and
the satisfaction of a job well done comforting her through her life in the
Hive. She was the essence of freedom.
"...an' the fact the carpet was new around the floor of the cabinet told me
he'd had it fitted recently, so I pried it up with me dags, an' dead-sure there
were acid stains on the stones beneath. So I knew to look for an acid
blossom when I popped the cabinet and nicked his coppers."
"So when looking to find and disarm traps, not only look for signs that
they've been set, but look for signs for what someone would have had to do
to avoid them once they've been set."
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