And it had some of the most vicious snakes hiding in alleyways as well, I'm guessing.
[And boy does Jacob know exactly what he means by that. He loves London. It's a city that always surprises him. But god—sometimes you don't see what's lying in wait for you until it's too late.
His head jerks slightly toward Eari, floored.]
Burn them? That's a bit of an overreaction to a spot of trespassing. [Says the Assassin for whom trespassing barely even registers as a crime.] Did you manage to break in?
[Jacob looks Eari up and down, mulling over the question. Then:] Well, not as a soldier on the front lines, but perhaps in espionage and information-gathering. Nobody'd recruit my sister, after all, but she's a right terror in a fight and I don't know anyone else who's almost a ghost while sneaking around.
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[And boy does Jacob know exactly what he means by that. He loves London. It's a city that always surprises him. But god—sometimes you don't see what's lying in wait for you until it's too late.
His head jerks slightly toward Eari, floored.]
Burn them? That's a bit of an overreaction to a spot of trespassing. [Says the Assassin for whom trespassing barely even registers as a crime.] Did you manage to break in?
[Jacob looks Eari up and down, mulling over the question. Then:] Well, not as a soldier on the front lines, but perhaps in espionage and information-gathering. Nobody'd recruit my sister, after all, but she's a right terror in a fight and I don't know anyone else who's almost a ghost while sneaking around.