After I bought a train ticket home, I examined the contents of my wallet. I had enough to buy food for a week, plus a bit extra. I used those extra coins to make a call through the payphone in the station. There was an hour before the train left. Better use it well.
As I made the call to his workplace, I hoped he would answer me. What would I do if he didn't?
"Hello?" I heard. "Who is this?"
"Jack," I said. "It's me, Dana."
"Dana! Where have you been this week? I heard there was a death on campus, and some people got injured after an explosion in an alchemy lab." So that was the story for public consumption. "Were you injured? I've been trying to find you, but nobody could confirm where you were."
"I have decided. What the weregild will be," I said.
There was a silence, but Jack quic
