Teddybear

"Why would I lie? If I get caught with you my life is ruined, Hieronymus. Why would I take you out of that man's grasp if I wasn't positive he ...

"I know men like him. He'd make another homunculus if he went too far and you ended up dead, and men with tempers can never be relied on to not ...

"I will not have this discussion again. That man would have killed you."

Bobby: The coloring is a little different between them but Bobby looks like the images below, but dressed in layers upon layers of worn, ill-fitting clothes from various donation bins. ...

"I won't leave you with a dangerous and abusive man who has left you to die before."

"No, Hieronymus, I'm not. I don't own you. You're free to do as you like. I have every intention of getting you a more, um, discreet body as soon as ...

"Would you like me to leave you somewhere, perhaps set up room and board for you while I go into the dark lands?"

"Then you must have misjudged the distance."

The city of Roxwood has a well-earned reputation for its criminal underbelly. The smog-choked air provides cover for petty thieves, crowded streets at midday a feast for pickpockets. Banks and ...

"It's not something that can wait."

"We're in the last stretch before the darklands."

Kivvien guided the cart around a curve in the road, and the forest gave way to an open prarie.

Kivvien hesitated. Decided against saying anything further.

"You um...please let me know when you're hungry."

Another pause. "Do you need anything to eat?"