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[rused]

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you’re already involved, aren’t you? in for a penny, in for a pound as granny always says.

besides, i wouldn’t know where to start looking. this is your area of expertise, not mine. i don’t even know what i should be looking for.

[shuchaku]

We can't give the horse back. I still need it, and him selling it to someone else is just going to make a bigger mess for me to clean up later.

But I can try to help you track him down before he skips town. We might be able to get the money from him if we can catch him.

I'll even bring my toolbox along to help (☆ᴗ☆)y

[rused]

wonderful, this is a toolbox problem. then again, i suppose there's only so many ways you can handle a demon horse.

come to think of it, you still haven't answered my question. what exactly do you need alberto for? if he's as bad as you're saying he is, isn't it more dangerous to keep him alive?

[shuchaku]

Don't be silly! The toolbox isn't for the horse! It's to get your money back.

Well, the short answer is that there are some somewhat local legends that lead me to suspect that Alberto can take me somewhere

I'm not sure about the English word for it.

Somewhere not here. Beyond here. Not the afterlife but not Earth. Does that make sense?

[rused]

somewhat? i think i understand, but i don't know what the name for it is either.

[There's a pause, long enough to imply that he's thinking about how to reply.]

i think i've read about it before, though, a long time ago? maybe.

[shuchaku]

Do you remember what you read?

[ By contrast, she hits that back almost immediately, because you can't just imply to Mimi that you might know something she doesn't know. ]

Anything at all is helpful.

[rused]

i don’t know how helpful it can be if i don’t even know what it’s called, but

when i was little, my granny took me to america to visit my uncle for summer. granny wouldn’t let me slack on my schoolwork, so i spent a lot of time reading in his library.

well, one day i found this book. i think it a play? i remember the story took place in an ancient city, but nothing about how it was described made it seem like it was on earth.

i mean, unless we actually have two suns and i just never noticed.

[shuchaku]

That seems specific.

[ How many plays in the world take place in a city with two suns? ]

Was the city described at all? It's buildings.

If you don't remember anything else, it's okay. I'll find it.

Unless you could get your uncle's copy somehow.

[rused]

let me think

there was the thing with the suns, and i think something about the stars being black? doesn't make any sense, but you know how pretentious writers are.

OH, and something about a king in yellow. i definitely remember that. actually, i think that might've been what the play was called.