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[certae]

[ the comm switches on to video as it moves on its own to record a small girl, dressed in pink. one of her fingers up and the comm seems to follow wherever she points ]

Bound to flesh the moment we step into the new Fragment. Hardly seems fa-ir. Oh, but don't look so sour, Bern. [ giggle ] This just means you can yank and tug at my hair all you w

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[disillusionists]

No.
I don't think you two qualify as stars just yet.

[wiederholt]

Thank you. I'd prefer to stay off any sort of stage.

[ She has bad memories of theater. ]

Rather, consider us to be players...... with this city, this world as the game board.

[disillusionists]

What an interesting way to put it.
So what is everyone else in the City?
Pawns?

[wiederholt]

Of course not.

There are bishops, rooks, knights... gold generals, silver generals, lances... And pawns, yes.

[disillusionists]

So we're all pieces to you two.

[wiederholt]

That is simply the natural order between witches and humans.

[disillusionists]

How quaint.
I doubt many would be pleased to hear this.

[wiederholt]

Witches don't take much stock in the opinions of humans, either.

[disillusionists]

That's not very surprising to me, inevitably.
So what do they take stock in?

[wiederholt]

Good tea. Good entertainment.

Nothing else.

[disillusionists]

How disappointing.