[laudna can be found a little later at the haunted house, a ballgown-looking dress spread out on one of the beds as she starts to examine it for rips and wrinkles. also, there's a leech still stuck on her neck and arm and she doesn't seem to have noticed.]
[ kate is coming out of another room, which she's used to change into her regular clothes. she looks a little more like a proper lady now, and even seems to carry herself with more confidence. ]
Oh, I have to introduce you! Pâté, Kate is a proper young lady, so you must promise to be on your very best behavior and watch your language. He can be a bit salty, I'm afraid.
[she'll hold out a dead rat with a bird's skull sewn on his head. also, he has bony little wings poking out of his back.]
[um, anyway, what happens next is she moves the little dead rat herself to make him do a little bow, and then she starts talking in an exaggerated deep voice cockney accent, moving her lips only just a little bit.]
Pleasure to meet you, little miss. Name's Pâté. You won't hear a salty word out o' me, promise.
Yes. When I first made him, he was just a little doll, and I'd talk to him in my head for company. But eventually, I developed the power to bring him to life. But he's feeling a bit shy today, it seems. So back to speaking for him.
Well. I was born with it, to some degree. And some of it I learned from a very powerful woman I know. She helped me concentrate my power, learn how to control it.
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Tch, tch, tch. A little grimy, isn't it?
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... Ah. You have something on your...
[ pointing to her neck as politely as possible. ]
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[grabbing the leech and crushing it in her hand.]
I had to dig around in that awful bog to get my dress and my dear little familiar. I suppose it was the same for you.
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Yes. Fortunately, the bath in this building seems to be working...
... You have a familiar?
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Oh, I have to introduce you! Pâté, Kate is a proper young lady, so you must promise to be on your very best behavior and watch your language. He can be a bit salty, I'm afraid.
[she'll hold out a dead rat with a bird's skull sewn on his head. also, he has bony little wings poking out of his back.]
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[ looks at it. ]
He speaks...?
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Pleasure to meet you, little miss. Name's Pâté. You won't hear a salty word out o' me, promise.
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I see!
[ sometimes it's really good that you can't actually make facial expressions. ]
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What a little gentleman! His manners have improved so much since I started speaking for him again.
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... Do you not always speak for him?
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[she moves the rat so it gently pats her arm.]
Laudna made me so she'd have someone to talk to!
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[ softly. ]
This power of yours... How did you acquire it?
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[ she sounds genuinely curious. ]
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Did you say that you're dead?
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