"Why are you so hysterical about Kinley?" the Admiral asked her as they resumed their smoking.
"I just don't see how Spade could beat her. He has, what? He has around sixty men and a bookkeeper that can kill. Kinley has more than that. She has double the men and she could probably curse me until I turned into a pig."
"He hasn't told you he's a witch himself, has he?"
"What?"
This was in no way a bad thing. Karshaan witches were valuable. It was always nicer to have a man or a woman of the profession as company as well. Serenica couldn't understand why the captain hadn't come out with that information himself.
"I can understand why he didn't tell you straight away. Deadrousers tend to creep people off."
"He is a WHAT?!"
