#scarsdale

"For you, always. Now! Oh, wouldst thou make me wait?"

His eyes sparkle "Depends, you DID sleep?"

"Aye, for hours and hours!"

"Well then, I guess your eyes will be rested when you gaze on this" He pulls out the paper from the canvas "I didn't look at it yet, in case it was goblin parchment, but it was the only loose sheet in the book" it is handed to her delicately

"Then gaze upon it with me..." She turns the paper over to read.

A scrawl _ People follow what they see, so I change a V to Z. Half steps I pull to me like lightning. Count the thunder carefully in case they draw close again._ goes the first line, but there is more

She chews on her lower lip, concern gnawing at the back of her mind.

_He seeks the gauntlet of infinity, as close as my troll tongue can explain . Talos had his heel, but the shoe's on the other head with the wight pater. You nettle with nos, you sting with denial. It vexes and cuts. He is his own red eyes of rage. _

A frown, trying to parse...

The last line Be wary, he roosts in a den of villainy where he might swoop upon you without a word

Earl looks it over, "She took your appearnce to distract the others hunting you."

"I think"

"Aye, so it seems..."

"She is a dear thing. And I would see her free of him."

"The rest I.. I'm trying to figure out? You?"

It begins to burn, goblin parchment alright.

"I know not who Talos is..."

"I suspect that my refusal to go to him vexes, I know he wants me to go willingly..."

"Mind if I cheat?"

"Not at all."

He takes out his smart phone and ...looks up wikipedia

And shows her "Looks like an automaton that was indestructible? or supposed to be."

"Talos protected Europa.."

"I think... I think he grows ill from so long. It has been over a year, aye? Two birthdays, two Samhains..."

"Maybe," He says "How long ago did she lay that paper in there?"

"Not long - just after Samhain..."

"That's..interesting. I.. in the corner of the paper, the date on it was November, the 14th. This week. As if it had been written then"