[walkabout]

[loyalrebel]

[Malik's voice may be a surprise coming across the network.]

I am going to be needing a very good cover story if anyone expects me to leave liminal space anytime soon. I am... fairly certain that claiming to be my own brother will end poorly, even if I can physically pull it off.

If anyone needs somewhere to sleep, there is a trapdoor in liminal and you are more than welcome to it.

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[shiroganeheir]

What happened, Malik-san?

Thorne woke me me up about half an hour ago.

[And it shows. She sounds tired.]

[loyalrebel]

I died. Again.

Be careful dealing with them, Leonardo's overlay is... this was personal and he is not a terribly kind man to those who cross him.

[shiroganeheir]

Understood.

I have worked dangerous cases before, including some in which others did not wish it solved. I am used to it, and I will be careful.

Is there anything you remember that might help?

I... have not been able to interview a corpse before.

[She sounds almost... excited.]

[loyalrebel]

Congratulations, for most of you I am a dusty skeleton somewhere in Masyaf anyway so this is not terribly new.

It was too quick to hurt much, though... I knew the man enough to not be wary in an alley at seeing him.

At least I do not think I was beheaded this time.

[shiroganeheir]

... a recently-murdered corpse, I mean. My apologies.

[She seems unconcerned, but her attention turns back quickly.]

I will go work it out. If the killer was known to you, then it should not be too difficult to unmask him.

[loyalrebel]

...I knew a great number of people.

[Having an information network tends to do that after all.]

Try to make sure Tazim does not do something stupid, even if he is not truly my son... he is.

[shiroganeheir]

Is he one of ours? I do not believe I have met him.

[She sighs.]

Alright. If you think of anything, please let me know.

[loyalrebel]

Does it really matter whether he is or is not?