Meesei might have calmed Ariel if she had not laid down as much information at once as she had. Ariel was shocked to silence.

"[i]All[/i]...of the debt? How?" She stammered.

Sabine chimed in again. "It can be a commission."

"If that happened, it would..." Ariel hovered a hand over her still open mouth. "It would turn my life around! Wait, keep it operating? You would staff my shop?"

Evidently, Ariel was trying to take these matters one at a time.

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Gallus let Najan-Ja shout and carry on, looking as if listening, but not understanding a word. He was going to wait for Cut's translation, before Yizan-Lei's question effectively summarised the main concern for him.

Gallus sighed and cupped a hand over one eye, leaning over. He felt like kicking himself for forgetting that detail. Still, there was nothing else for it but to be honest.

"I am no scholar of such matters," Gallus said, lowering his hand and looking to Yizan-Lei. "From what I know, you still hear the Hist while you are alive in Black Marsh, but upon death, your soul will go to Hircine's hunting grounds to join his eternal hunt. It is the fate of all that take in a beast spirit. Including Dar-Tzesa."

To Najan-Ja, Gallus raised both his hands. "I promise that no such thing will happen against Yizan-Lei's will."