“


    was before he could decide on how to act.


    Now.”


    How much does William know?’


    why William had done this. What did he have to gain by breaking the curfew and wandering out into the night to the one place where most of all he should not be? There was some time before the members of the council assembled. He decided he had to know.


    forward. He hadn’t bothered to consider what may have been behind him. The black haired eidolon let out a puff of air through his nose. A stupid mistake.


    why, William? Why?” Joscur insisted.


    you know Lucifer?” William countered, looking up from the floor for the first time.


    Knew him? He was here?” William emphasized.


    begun to start!” She started in earnest by switching to Mirage-Tongue and speaking at such a speed and intensity that William had no hope of following what she was saying. He was pretty sure he understood the gist of it, regardless.


    laws – of our city and put everyone in it in danger! Cast him out and be done with it!”Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    once!” She whirled around and snapped the word in William’s direction before turning back to Ode and Eira. “Refused to openly answer questions! Would not disarm himself! Only ever gives half truths and avoids any and all personal information about himself! Now he has trespassed and, once again, endangered everyone in Mirage! What will it take for this council to recognize, as I do, that the mystery is not worth pursuing and the danger he represents is far too great!?”


    except that learning the truth is what is most important! Making decisions in haste is what cause those… things which we guard to happen in the first place! Will you not learn from the past!?”


    council will decide what is to be done about him, once all of us have placed all of our cards out to be examined. Am I wrong?”


    astounding to him! Here was something truly new. Something he had no knowledge of. It was little wonder that it made him want to vomit from anxiety. As he got close enough to the tank that he could see his reflection hovering over the visage of the vile thing, he couldn’t help but think of the Dandy Man and what he’d told him. This was the secret Mirage was holding that could alter the fate of this world. He knew that much at least.


    thing, of what use could it have been for us?”


    acted like animals. Mindless. They needed to be caged, tranquilized to observe closely. Lucifer should have known that they were up to something after tranquilizing them seemed to illicit joy of all things. Perhaps he did, but he swore to us that he did not anticipate that they would start escaping and then returning to their cells! The attacks began again. Others became infected. Some were… or were not, perspective depending, lucky. They were just killed…”


    Oleum One was stirring in its tank!