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"Order processed."<br />

This was the <strong>be</strong>st day ever.<br />

Chapter 85<br />

"Greetings, Iannis."<br />

"You again." Iannis' eyes were haunted. In the weeks or so since I had last<br />

seen him he seemed <strong>to</strong> have aged several years. His slump was more<br />

pronounced, his skin thinner and more pale. Many sleepless nights strung<br />

<strong>to</strong>gether weighed <strong>do</strong>wn his eyes. "What is it you want this time?"<br />

He must've seen Deionarra's sensory s<strong>to</strong>ne. I was suddenly hesitant <strong>to</strong> speak<br />

<strong>to</strong> him in this state, but reminding myself that he had only seen Deionarra's<br />

memories rather than my own I approached, "I'm here <strong>to</strong> pick up a legacy."<br />

"Indeed?" he sounded only mildly interested, "Very well... <strong>do</strong> you remem<strong>be</strong>r<br />

the legacy in question?"<br />

"The legacy is num<strong>be</strong>r '51-AA,' I <strong>be</strong>lieve," I said, reciting the num<strong>be</strong>r from<br />

the <strong>do</strong>decahedron. It was indelibly carved across my memory, given how<br />

many times I had pored over that journal in a feeble attempt <strong>to</strong> stave <strong>of</strong>f the<br />

madness <strong>of</strong> bore<strong>do</strong>m. I have no need <strong>to</strong> read it again, unless I wanted <strong>to</strong><br />

reminisce over the <strong>do</strong>odles and dirty sketches I made with my own blood.<br />

He looked at me in surprise as I named the legacy. "That is extremely old...<br />

are you certain... I hope that wasn't one <strong>of</strong> the ones that were burned... "<br />

"How old is it?"<br />

"Well..." Iannis pondered it for a moment. "Several decades at least."<br />

"Can you check and see if the legacy still exists?"<br />

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