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Into the abyss

Circe appeared, seated upon the coral throne in her underwater te black hair and lueous

The Priestess inclined her head regally In her te blue scales on her forearms and the backs of her hands shi from her elbows

Talk about presentation, Sol

When skittering sounded around her throne, I cocked my head Possibly a tentacle? I’d never seen below her knees, so the jury was still out And how did one go about asking that? I was also curious how she made clothes out of sea-foam, but I didn’t want to co to meet the other member of our alliance?" I asked "I think you’ll like Lark" I’d been trying to set up a olden trident over her lap "I’m not in an alliance with you and Fauna I ally only with Death and Kentarch Besides, Fauna has her hands full" With her search--and with anirandmother has noticed"

Gran had ht! Every new beast is a weapon I hear predators prowling around this castle Their claws skitter over the floor They’ll eat your entrails while you watch!"

The last ti ark I’d stopped by to confess ames, and to talk about her deal with Death to win this one

As usual, her eyes had pulsed red Her hair was growing out into a wild er Theher senses with her creatures’, the rew She’d been in no mood to talk "Make it snappy"

Once her eyes had returned to normal, I’d said, "You were in love with Finn in at least one other life In that gauys"

"Yeah, Eves, the boss already told me that part, pretty much on Day Zero" She’d once said that her faotten her inforain, but as I’d exited, she’d called, "Don’t let any ani but Cyclops"

Had Aric made that exception for me because that as my favorite?

Now Circe pointed out, "Of course, your grandainst ht outside her , and that s would explode and my eyeballs burst from my skull Oh, and that Circe would take ht again

Circe chuckled "Considering her feelings on the subject, I doubt ‘Gran’ would approve of our visits"

I raised a brow I did cohts Soames Other times, I could sense her presence as we sat in companionable silence

Each visit I had to create a new patch of grass--because her river truly was rising Water covered the bridge to the castle and continued to climb up the mountain

While Fauna increased the nuained ed a few more vines in my roo