[ In a weird way, Set's grief is soothed by having Tezcatlipoca around. It means that even though Quetzalcoatl is gone-gone ( terminated, beyond return, beyond existence ) the root of her is still here. He's nothing like her, but to Set, it's basically like being reunited with her at her most essential elements: the ones that created her in the first place. ]

Well, how about I come down and you be my sponsor so I don't have to drag any hostiles into Ryad. Again. They have this thing for targeting Meridian, but since I'm the only one routinely going down there for anything, I thought they'd learn by now.

[ whine whine whine

he's snapped a lot of people in half for "going with the flow" in kowloon, but they seem a bit slow on the uptake ]

I could take you to my favorite den of iniquity, or we could go bar hopping! I'll give you the lowdown on what's been going on — though I doubt any of it will be as good as what you already got out of it. For now.