[ Hickey takes a seat in the pew next to Junior. ]
Nowhere specific, but I would avoid the first floor of the palace if I were you.
[ He fishes through his jacket to unearth a cigarette. As he searches for a match, his eyes wander up to the light streaming in through the stained glass windows. ]
[Avoid the first floor...he nods. He'll have to see if he can bring any of his suite along with him, find a reason to want to be upstairs. If there's something he needs to be avoiding, he'd rather them not get caught in the crossfire.]
Alright. Is there anything in particular you anticipate I might have to watch out for?
[Checking for injuries seemed to be common. He could offer to check people over...]
[ There's the risk of injury, yes, but he doubts he'll need to be concerned about that. Even if he's hurt tonight, the inspections at trial have been a joke. He's sure he could evade detection easily enough.
So: ]
Smoke and mirrors.
[ There's a long pause as he lights his cigarette and takes a drag. ]
We spent so much time trying to puzzle together how Shiv was killed that we never quite got around to who killed her, did we? It would've been the same for Tiamat if her killer hadn't made himself so obvious.
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Nowhere specific, but I would avoid the first floor of the palace if I were you.
[ He fishes through his jacket to unearth a cigarette. As he searches for a match, his eyes wander up to the light streaming in through the stained glass windows. ]
And be ready at the carnival.
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Alright. Is there anything in particular you anticipate I might have to watch out for?
[Checking for injuries seemed to be common. He could offer to check people over...]
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So: ]
Smoke and mirrors.
[ There's a long pause as he lights his cigarette and takes a drag. ]
We spent so much time trying to puzzle together how Shiv was killed that we never quite got around to who killed her, did we? It would've been the same for Tiamat if her killer hadn't made himself so obvious.
[ Amateur! ]
My plan is to continue that trend.