So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where by default security doesn't tell anyone anything takes higher precedence than that.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't force her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to choose that -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a satisfied smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, or they're just going in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."
So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where by default security doesn't tell anyone anything takes higher precedence than that.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't force her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to choose that -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, or they're just going in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."
So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where, by default, security doesn't tell anyone anything, takes higher precedence.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't force her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to choose that -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, or they're just going in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."
So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where, by default, security doesn't tell anyone anything, takes higher precedence.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't force her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to make it clearly deliberate -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, or they're just going in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."
So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where, by default, security doesn't tell anyone anything, takes higher precedence.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't require her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to make it clearly deliberate -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, or they're just going in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."
So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where, by default, security doesn't tell anyone anything, takes higher precedence.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't require her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to make it clearly deliberate -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, or they're just going in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get the power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."
So. They obviously haven't been told. Which, earlier, Ione thought in the back of her mind would happen as soon as the security wizard walked out after gouging her eye, because they'd tell her former classmates about the new security risk, because all of Cheliax would unite against her in hating her and hurting her as much as they could short of killing her. Apparently the part where, by default, security doesn't tell anyone anything, takes higher precedence.
Also she is now visibly useful to the project and that casts a different shade on the whole thing where - she knows how she wishes this would go, but to make security go along with it, she needs to have something to offer security, something to bargain with security, something that Nethys wouldn't require her to just hand over anyways -
She also has to choose how to answer the expectant looks, now, even if it's silence she has to make it clearly deliberate -
Ione thinks of something she can offer security, and picks her strategy to try with the other girls, because she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Keltham's other women being as cruel to her as won't kill her, whenever Keltham isn't looking.
"So I'm not really sure," Ione says, using the glorious feeling of realizing her curse's real power to fuel a smile, "but I think Asmodeus cut a deal with Nethys, to go in on Keltham's project together, and I was the person here who was best suited to get the power from Nethys to summon temporary copies of books from other libraries plus whatever else it is I can do now. Didn't do it on purpose, just happened to me."