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He looked almost human He had scales in the hollows of his cheeks and on the backs of his hands, as fine as feathers or hair He had claws, manicured to a ems in his face His skin was the colour of fire, and yet it seemed natural; my own skin was blotchy and dull in comparison

‘There isn’t o’

He discussed the poems in the scroll He complimented me on my taste He explained that he did not expect to see ain I nodded and bowed and thanked hie that I knew had any words to describe him

Irene tried to look nonchalant ‘As I said, he approved ofherself into a jacket and long skirt while Kai sat outside the dressing rooh the dossiers The cheap clothing shop which Dominic had directed them to was certainly cheap, very definitely cheap, and had little that could be said for it other than the fact that it was cheap If they were going to infiltrate high society, they’d need better clothing And costumes that didn’t rely on heavy overcoats

‘These lists don’ton both sides of the page’

Of course, he was looking at the Language vocabulary pages Since he wasn’t a Librarian, he’d be seeing his native language instead of the Language ‘Yes,’ Irene agreed, ‘they would, to you Should I be surprised that you’re trying to read theed her blouse’s neckline so its ruffles sat above her jacket collar, and opened the dressing roo,’ Kai said cheerfully He looked her up and down ‘Are you going to wear the hairpiece? Most of the woer than yours’

Irene looked unenthusiastically at the tattered partial wig that lay on the table like ato causewithout,’ she decided ‘I’ll be counter-fashionable Let’s just be grateful that corsets aren’t required wear any longer’

‘Why should I be grateful?’ Kai asked, raising an eyebrow

‘Because you don’t have to deal with iveThink of it as--’

There was a crash fro She turned to look at theSorey veils, ripping through the sky like claws

‘As?’ Kai asked He ca a smooth attitude of superiority and lack of distraction

‘I,’ Irene said ‘Let’s see what’s going on out there’