PFSB

[riddleofthebelow]

The next time Tom enters the bar, he turns round to the portal painting first thing. When he steps away, the rabbits playing poker look much more like proper rabbits instead of rabbit-shaped former canines. He steps back, regarding it, and nods his head. Much better.

Then he takes his stack of research with him to a table and orders a scotch. While Wei Wuxian indeed broke the ward on the mysterious scroll, and Tom was able to translate it, it still makes no sense. He has old maps of London Above to scour for clues today, because the existence of scroll is still bothering him. He doesn't think it's malevolent, but he's even more convinced that there is no logical reason to have found it in the Underside.

Not that the Underside is very logical. You know what he means.

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[riddleofthebelow]

“I misunderstood. I thought you meant the other planets near ours. Despite my time here speaking with those who travel the galaxy, I’ve never quite been able to wrap my head round the concept.”

[we_bring_hell]

"It is of no concern," she says. "I speak of such things, but I have only ever left the Ninth House the once."

"If I am chosen as Lyctor, however, my duties will include opening ways to other stars. I shall have to brush up," she says, with a half-serious smirk in her voice.

[riddleofthebelow]

"Coming here will give you an advantage others in your world don't have. It's a wise choice."

[we_bring_hell]

"Indeed, I hope so," she says. "That is why I have chosen to spend an extended time here. Things have begun to move quickly and I don't know if I return when I will be able to come back to Milliways."

For instance, Gideon may kill her when she confesses to her. She's trying to make her peace with that.

[riddleofthebelow]

"That's right. I forget that the door can be fickle."

[we_bring_hell]

"I have never found it so," she says, surprised. "It has always been in the same place within Canaan House."

"I meant that matters of the trials may overtake me. I fully expect my life to either end or change forever in the next few days of real time." She shrugs stoically.

"But if the door may reposition itself, that is an additional concern."