Bramblepoint Green-Cheese Moon

take what you can, give nothing back. the mantra of many men who died by teeth far more wicked than theirs. qiao assessed this creature anew: what wickedness and cruelty had he brought to the world?

and moreover, what kindness?

she inspected his offer with a slow blink, overturning it in her minds eye with thought-heavy, gnarled hands.

"who?" qiao finally answered, for she did very little without great deliberation first. and more importantly: "and if you get caught?"