[Soulsby]

I feel like we've done something good.  Even if we fail, this will give Torpor the boost it needs to create further resistance.

Tactics...you're extremely taciturn.  Nobody around here can seem to pinpoint exactly when it was you last said anything.

I hope you don't mind, but I tried to do some research into your origins while I had some time at Brightling recently.

You seem to be connecting from somewhere outside the shape that's completely undetectable.  All I can see is a loop of information that folds back on itself.

Nix told me not to worry about it too much, and Belacqua's no help.  I'm not good at leaving things alone though!

Anyway, I don't want to let that distract me from the situation at hand.  We're about to move into Denshen and things will become a lot more pressurised.

I used to love coming into the city when I was younger: it all seemed beautiful and complicated.  Maybe we can help to start untangling it: if we can just separate out the shape from all of these competing forces...

I'm starting to sound like Nix, aren't I?

I'll be offline for a while, trying to recover my personality.