When Mikelos marveled it had not affected Jarimis, the vampire said, “Doesn’t work to scare a man with half-hearted images of the hell from the religion of his childhood. The shadows forgot the multi-headed demons.”
“Or perhaps you’re a braver man than I,” Mikelos said.
“Just one who prizes curiosity over fear. The shadows might understand the latter, but they don’t know physics.” Jarimis grinned wide enough to show fang. “I had cause to make a study of meteors, once. These visions were so far from reality as to be comical.”
Though desperation had tinged that time, Victory would forever cherish the memory of Jarimis and Toria combining intellects in Nacostina. “It’s been a bit of a day, everyone. Perhaps we should take a refresher before the shadows inflict another ridiculous trick on o
