They don't have to wait very long. Kahlil arrives soon after the two of them, dressed the way he might in the real world, rather than the cassock he tends to wear in his temple.
He enters the tower with a certain amount of apprehension. Istredd, as far as Kahlil knows, is human. Easier to read, and generally reasonable. Lucifer, on the other hand, is something else. A creature of Nayeshi scripture. Foreign and dangerous. A predator that likes to play with its prey. There's an innate respect, but not quite trust.
Even so, for months he's been going against his own advice to Jack to steer clear of him. He's been a source of information, and in some ways an ally of convenience. Their excursion in Nott made him realize he'd actually not feel so great about stabbing Lucifer in the back one day, if it became necessary. And shepherding the Thorne Summoned really wasn't what he was expecting during their time on the ship. There's also that Istredd seems to trust him, and he doubts the mage could have spent this long with Lucifer and not have some inkling of his nature at this point.
"The negotiations seem to have gone fairly well," he starts carefully, approaching the table and blank sheets of paper. His gaze flicks to Lucifer, though, with a raised eyebrow.
"Were you missing any cats by the end of the trip?"
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He enters the tower with a certain amount of apprehension. Istredd, as far as Kahlil knows, is human. Easier to read, and generally reasonable. Lucifer, on the other hand, is something else. A creature of Nayeshi scripture. Foreign and dangerous. A predator that likes to play with its prey. There's an innate respect, but not quite trust.
Even so, for months he's been going against his own advice to Jack to steer clear of him. He's been a source of information, and in some ways an ally of convenience. Their excursion in Nott made him realize he'd actually not feel so great about stabbing Lucifer in the back one day, if it became necessary. And shepherding the Thorne Summoned really wasn't what he was expecting during their time on the ship. There's also that Istredd seems to trust him, and he doubts the mage could have spent this long with Lucifer and not have some inkling of his nature at this point.
"The negotiations seem to have gone fairly well," he starts carefully, approaching the table and blank sheets of paper. His gaze flicks to Lucifer, though, with a raised eyebrow.
"Were you missing any cats by the end of the trip?"