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I nodded as Kabal told me what he knew of the "light", which Patience supplemented. I also couldn't help but smile when Kabal joked about us not exactly being "light". I take pride when people call me dark, it's my JOB.
"Of course, the boy. Funny how he should show up now. Alright, Kabal!" I said, turning to him and straightening up. "Your first job, call it a test, is to learn more about this boy. I have a good network of spies, but none of them can induce hypnosis. Utilize your rather unique skillset to find him, but do not let him know I'm planning things." I then turned to Patience, my tone the commanding kind you would find leading an army, "Patience, you run crowd control. Go outside Liridale, see if there are any resistances building up against me in the boy's name, besides the ones I have in the town squares to keep people jaded, of course. And then, if you would kindly, snuff them out." Finally, I stretched, tapped my staff to the ground, and opened a shadow portal between the mermaid nearby and myself, yanked her through the water by the arm, closed the portal, then had the blade part of my staff spring out and come to rest a quarter-inch from her carotid artery, calling forth my "demon" voice, really just a simple echo spell and a voice deepening one.

"AND I WILL QUESTION THE MERMAID AS TO WHY SHE IS TRESPASSING ON A PRIVATE CONVERSATION."

HORNED ONE'S BALLS, I'd forgotten how much my throat hurts after I talk in Thriller font! I already knew she was probably just curious about Liridale and as harmless as a fly to me, but hey, once people hear you've gone soft, people begin to disobey you, and then it's nothing but work, work, work all the ti- I'd seen that blond haired mermaid before...

"Nerine?"