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After Glass's party is over with, Amariah and Kas go home.
Amariah fetches down their alethiometers.
"It's about time I took care of Alethia's afterlife, whatever it may be," she says quietly. "What can the alethiometer tell you about what I'll find?"
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dark_light
Another nod.
Slowly, sadly, he shakes his head.
A helpless shrug.
dark_light
[Kas, can you check if he's fixable if I decide to do that - maybe not wishing, but an enchantment, witch magic -]
truthwright
[You... probably don't want to do that,] says Kas, after consulting his alethiometer. [This is the Authority.]
dark_light
[He is a shriveled angel who can't withstand someone tapping on the glass in his tank. What happened to him?]
dark_light
She resumes talking to the Authority.
[What do you do, in there?]
[What do you do, in there?]
He shakes his head.
dark_light
[Please answer me. Even if you don't know, you can say so.]
And then her lie detection will work.
And then her lie detection will work.
[nothing,] he says softly.
It is true.
It is true.
He has no answer for that.
He shakes his head again.
dark_light
[You want to just hang out in your box and not do anything?]
He nods.
He closes his eyes instead.
dark_light
[Say it, and then I'll leave you be if you're being honest with me.]
After a minute or so, he manages,
[yes]
[yes]
truthwright
[Is grilling this guy really getting us anywhere?] wonders Kas. [Look at him, he can barely talk.]