"Some of the Houses have techniques that depend on their Cavaliers. The Eighth, the Second. The Ninth has relied on skeletons," she says dryly. "As Gideon reminded me before she inserted herself into the experimental chamber."
"She was right. It seems the Lyctor in question was of the Second." She lifts her notes in, apparently, demonstration. "It was a test of collaboration. And now I have the theorem."
She laughs silently and looks up, willing herself not to cry. It's been a long time since she rested, by which she means passed out in a puddle of blood.
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Date: 2020-08-27 04:35 am (UTC)"Some of the Houses have techniques that depend on their Cavaliers. The Eighth, the Second. The Ninth has relied on skeletons," she says dryly. "As Gideon reminded me before she inserted herself into the experimental chamber."
"She was right. It seems the Lyctor in question was of the Second." She lifts her notes in, apparently, demonstration. "It was a test of collaboration. And now I have the theorem."
She laughs silently and looks up, willing herself not to cry. It's been a long time since she rested, by which she means passed out in a puddle of blood.