It's Costain who once again looks annoyed at this, like Xie proves himself stupider with everything he says.
"Yeah," Quill agrees, and glances at Kevin, who scratches the back of his neck.
"Hey, that was information kept from nearly everyone," he protests to his superior officer.
"It's not you, Kev," Lisa says. "I should have seen the gaps. I got too used to seeing everything with the Sight, I just..."
"That's enough, Lisa," says Quill, recognising his team beginning to doubt themselves. He turns back to Xie.
"And as it turns out you were lucky we're animal lovers, or we'd've taken a much less humane approach."
Straight up killing the cat had been discussed, there were ways of carrying out the ritual that did end with the familiar dead, but they'd leaned away from that, and not just because they weren't quite ready for animal sacrifice.
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Date: 2023-10-18 10:57 am (UTC)"Yeah," Quill agrees, and glances at Kevin, who scratches the back of his neck.
"Hey, that was information kept from nearly everyone," he protests to his superior officer.
"It's not you, Kev," Lisa says. "I should have seen the gaps. I got too used to seeing everything with the Sight, I just..."
"That's enough, Lisa," says Quill, recognising his team beginning to doubt themselves. He turns back to Xie.
"And as it turns out you were lucky we're animal lovers, or we'd've taken a much less humane approach."
Straight up killing the cat had been discussed, there were ways of carrying out the ritual that did end with the familiar dead, but they'd leaned away from that, and not just because they weren't quite ready for animal sacrifice.