You spend a few minutes practicing with the knives. They fly like sparrows and barely make any sound when they stick in the tree you use for target practice: a soft "whiff" instead of a loud "thunk." They're perfect.
"Reel it in, Huguel," Elton says.
While talking, Elton has been scribbling in a previously blank leatherbound notebook he's found. He's labeled it The Book of December. You're about to ask him about it when the exhaustion hits you.
"Let's get back home," Elton says.
You follow him as he rides back toward the Veterans Hospital. He asks you more details about how you came here. "I need to be at work at 11. And I need to start making a record of everything you and I have seen and done. I'm also going to scout the woods tomorrow night and see what else I can learn. You should explore these lands, familiarize yourself with this place as it heals."
The bus takes you back home, where you shower, then make and eat a bowl of rice and beans to regain your strength.
Where can I find Nin?
I pay to have someone fix my heat before I freeze.
I pay some money to keep the cops off my trail.
Is there any news of Black Tarn, since she disappeared into the Umbra?
Elton promised to introduce me to the surviving members of the "Three Families." I text him about that.
I check my phone.
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