“Oh.”  That was random.  What kind of guy knew that much about dolls?

Hehe.

He went on, “She’s a rogue.  Fashion student with the costume and stuffed animals as a gimmick to help her build for a professional reputation and stand out.  Tentative rating of Master-6, but we haven’t really seen her fight, outside of the Leviathan encounter.”

Nothing here we didn’t already know, except the exact classification.

“Student.  So she’ll be near a college?”

“College is gone.  Kaput.  Um, let me see.  Last we heard, she was situated between the spot where the college was and the lake downtown.  If I remember right, there’s going to be a fairly thin strip of places there that are intact enough to live in.  Vista ran into her the other night, but she’s asleep right now and we’re behind on paperwork so…”

Well, at least we know who to ask.

“So you don’t know exactly what happened, and I’d be going in blind.  She’s harmless though?  This Parian?”

Unless you piss her off too much, I suppose. Then you risk being chased by a… lion… huh. Remember my joke about Weld and the Wizard of Oz from the last chapter? We have a lion!

And for another reference, just add Sir Tony and we’re left with needing Parian to make a bear.

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