I shook my head, “I can’t.”
“Right. Just like you rejected Hookwolf’s suggestion that our groups take a break. I won’t say that hearing you muttering to yourself was the entire reason I refused his offer, or even half the reason, but it was a factor, and I think I deserve answers for going up to bat for you.
Coming clean about how much she wants to help Dinah might be healthy for Taylor, though I doubt Brian will approve.
What’s going on?”
“I made a deal with Coil.”
Brian folded his arms, much as I was doing. “What deal?”
“I made a deal with the devil.”
Although judging by my ToC “titles”, the devil was Kaiser.
“He said that if I can prove my services are worth it, he’ll release Dinah.”
Which he’s not going to do. Coil can set the bar however high he wants, and unless she changes her mind significantly, Skitter probably isn’t going to go through with leaving Coil’s employ if he doesn’t release Dinah – especially since neither party set a timeframe for it – because it feels too much like giving up and failing Dinah, and I think Coil has that figured out.
It’s a sucker’s deal that allows Coil to put lots of pressure on Skitter with no real risk of her going “fuck this shit I’m out”.
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