“And what exactly did you expect was going to happen when a demon or a borrower tried to interfere with such a holy relic? Really darlin’, I’d have thought you were at least smarter than that.” Manicured nails prod the fragments of the shattered knife, inspecting them closely. Divided them into two piles; pieces leaking dangerous magic, and those that were relatively harmless. “I’m going to assume you want me to do the difficult thing and repair the artefact rather than just destroy it?”

_{he was smarter than it, but ky needed it done in a hury. if he was going to act – he needed to get things done quickly. that honestly meant cutting some corners and now? he paid the price for that. “it took me months to track that thing down.” not to mention obtaining it – the hardest part of his search. “repairing it’s the best option.” not the only one, but the best option out of the ones he had.”trust me.”}