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I cleared the plate of greens and berries and pulled soht have been a giant bug, though, so I asked first
"Is this a vegetable?"
Sakarian looked confused "Vegetable?"
"Is it a plant? Soround?" There were soe I could understand theetable"?
He nodded "That is the root of the halalia plant"
"Like a potato, then," I said, digging in It actually tasted iant mealworm
"You do not eat the flesh of ani his head to one side It was like he was trying to assemble the puzzle of me in his head
"I do But I prefer when it’s cut and wrapped at the grocery store Never mind" All three of them had the same confused look "Ask your questions"
"Will you answer honestly?" Batarian said, his gaze piercing ht, like the way Nathaniel’s used to be before he’d been changed by Puck’s legacy I felt a little pang like homesickness
I chewed and sed a bite of the turnip-thing before answering Batarian I wanted to get out of here, and practicing duplicity was not the best way to get them to trust ree to answer every single thing they wanted to know Certain information could and would be misinterpreted, especially by Sakarian, who seemed particularly suspicious of me
"I’ll answer as honestly as I can," I finally said
"You will reveal your intentions to my lord, or else you will pay the price," Sakarian said
"I would be a fool if I told you everything about me," I said "As you would be if you were in an, but Batarian cut him off
"She is correct Were I in her place, I would not reveal all Omission is not necessarily a sin But I expect the courtesy of truth," Batarian said
"I can ith that," I said
"You have admitted you are an associate of Lucifer’s," Batarian said
"I told you, I’m not an associate," I said
"That is difficult to believe You carry his mark upon your body"
I could tell them a little, if I was careful I wasn’t about to explain that I was a blood relative of Lucifer’s Part of ed to piss off a bunch of creatures in an entirely different dimension Another part ofeneaveto the blade that still rested against the chair