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"Plenty, yeah. Investigating and rooting out potential cultists is most of what I do for the eagle's watch, since I'm better at the whole being covert deal than most paladins are and I'm able to lie."

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"Having the ability to lie be an important qualification must be interesting. I can lie, obviously, but I don't like to. I'm not even very good at talking around things; when I warned Count Arendae I just showed up at his mansion in a dress and told the guards, 'I'm a pretty girl can I see the Count.' Probably someone with more circumspection than me would have done, uh, not that."

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"It's a skill like any other. I don't recommend going out of your way to practice it, but if you do end up doing that you'll get better at it in time. I do appreciate that you didn't try that approach with my wife though, it might have made getting stuck together in these caves more awkward."

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"Your--you can marry another woman? Man, places that aren't Geb are so cool."

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There are a couple of things that could mean, but one of them is especially salient coming from a woman who just said she felt like she had to offer herself to the count for the sake of the city. Anevia sweeps her into a hug.

”It’s probably not as convenient as you’re thinking. Beth and I got married while adventuring in the river kingdoms, and once we moved to Kenabres it took a while before some of the people around us accepted we were serious or shut up about it. But it’s not wrong to love another woman, and in Kenabres at least the government and church will take it seriously. I don’t plan on biting it any time soon, but it’s comforting for me to know that if I did ‘Beth would get my stuff instead of someone trying to track down my blood relations.”

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“Well of course it’s not wrong to love another woman, it’s just I’d never heard of being able to marry one before. Two of my half-siblings’ mothers are lovers but I guess it would be sort of complicated for them to get married anyway because of the whole being enslaved to a Blood Lord thing.”

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"I can certainly see how that would put a damper on things. The people I knew back where I grew up wouldn't have been much happier about it, though I think their main objection would be that Irabeth was a paladin rather than her gender."

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Uhhhhh. Anevia isn't from Geb, probably, or she'd have said something when Seelah mentioned that she also was. Where in Avistan would object to a paladin...

"...Cheliax?"

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"Close, but no. Nidal."

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"--Wow, congratulations on not being there anymore!" That's substantially worse than Geb or Cheliax! 

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"It doesn't have much to recommend it." Anevia grins, somewhat wryly. "It's not exactly the same as with you, but believe me, I do get it. Once we all get out of here and the crisis gets dealt with, don't be a stranger if you need advice or someone to listen, okay?"

 

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"Okay. Thanks, I won't forget that." 

Anevia is great. Seelah is also great. Camellia seems pretty normal so far but they haven't been interacting under the best possible conditions; Lann and Wenduag she just fully doesn't have the data for yet, except that Lann was willing to burn his hand off and tie a sword to the stump if it would get some kids rescued, which is neat. Luzai feels like today has been a VERY excellent day in the extremely specific category of meeting people, even considering Millorn.*

 

*The demons don't count due to not having actually spoken to her, except for Deskari, who, okay, probably counts, but whatever. 

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Resting in Neatholm is not about to win any prizes for the most comfortable night she's had, but it does rank at least somewhat above most of the outdoors locations from when they were legging it out of Geb. About nine hours after she settles in to rest, Luzai will start hearing the sound of people around her moving.

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Luzai pushes herself up into a sitting position, slightly groggily, and pulls out her spellbook(s). 

An hour later there is delighted crowing coming from her position. 

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"It sounds like someone's excited about extra spells. Did you hit second circle?"

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"Nnno, not yet, but I can prepare more spells than I could yesterday and this is very exciting."

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"As experiences go it does have a lot to recommend it. Who knows, perhaps this maze will be dangerous enough that Seelah will also get to share your joy."

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"Anyway, I have prestidigitation prepared now."

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"Wonderful." There's no hiding the satisfaction in Camellia's voice. "Would you?"

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"Absolutely." She casts the cantrip until both of them are spotless, and then goes to find Dyra. 

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The older neather is where Luzai left her and is currently setting up her shop's display for the day. 

"Ah, uplander! I take it you're here for your inflict?"

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"Yep!" She is strictly in better shape than yesterday but she is sooo stiff, and not just from sleeping on the ground. 

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"Well, I've come up with a few ideas for what I would do with the ability to magically clean things; I'm going to list them, and if any of them are things prestidigitation can do and you're willing to do it I'll quote you a price."

Can prestidigitation clean utensils and dishes after a meal? Can it remove writing or smudges from paper? Can it purify water? (This one is especially important, she can make it clean fresh but that doesn't work for storage). Can it clean clothing? Can it clean blood or viscera off of animals the hunters bring back? Can it clean metal to work as a mirror?

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Yes, no, no, yes, yes, and assuming it means taking metal that isn't that smooth and making it so as opposed to removing grime from smooth metal no but acid splash might be able to and she has that one prepared as well. 

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That's simultaneously such a fascinating and valuable set of things for a spell to be able to do and also one that doesn't lend itself to making lots of value in a short time; most of the advantages that come to mind are in the form of long term labor savings rather than something Luzai can do a hundred of in the next 10 minutes. How does the last one work; if it was used to, say, remove rust, is there much risk that the metal underneath would be damaged?

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