"Yes. What was the actual story behind that?"

"...that was one the nights I killed a witch. She fought back."

Felicia looks away.

...times fails to freeze.

"This is bullshit. This should be working, we've covered everything. You have to run out of emotions eventually!"

"I don't think that is how emotion works."

"Yeah, guess not."

He leans back.

"I think I need to sort out a couple of things in my head, and I've tried everything that seems obvious to me. Can we just...sit quietly, for a while?"

Of course. She hesitates, then she snuggles to him.

"Honey, we're home!"

Lan and Felicia's sisters have apparently arrived.

Felicia gets up to hug Lan!

Lan: is hugged.

"We didn't catch any killers today. I think we needed the full triplet power."

"Of course you did! Oh, I forgot to introduce you to my boyfriend, Theo."

"Sure. Your boyfriend, Theo. Hi. I'm the best friend, Lan."

"Oh, she's mentioned you."

"...so me and Trix are heading upstairs if nobody needs us."

"Don't need us." Upstairs? Upstairs! Beatrix's room is not completely moved in, but has a very important feature: a soft bed.

Well, he'll make himself at home, then.

He leans back, arms folded behind his head. He gives her his most "come hither" look.

Well, in that case she can pounce on him and start kissing.

"So what did you guys find out?"

"Someone has murdered Wiccan practitioners. I don't suppose you know anything about that?"

"...in the past few days?"

"Lan didn't give a specific timeline, but I think so."

"One of them might have been."

Felicia shivers.

"We should compare notes then, and one of them means that not all of them? Do you have any of what is the... population density of demonic creatures?"

"Most of them live in Hell. The few that are actively up here wouldn't cooperate with a census. There's at least hundreds of thousands of individual demons, but anything beyond that is hard to guess. Only some kinds breed."