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Not if she was dead. [She says it matter-of-factly, not threateningly. It's true!] But if she is of no real impact, she would be easier to ignore.
[She goes quiet as he mentions someone who could raise the mark of a Cultist and she can feel a small smile spread across her face at the thought.] Indeed, I knew the man well. He was a... friend, I would suppose most would call our relationship. [Not that they did things normal friends did, of course.]
He went by the name Mr. Gold, though I knew him by his real name. What knowledge and artifacts he had, he imparted upon me, as I promised to protect them should he leave. Indeed, he was taken home.