[The Accountant gives Valdis a quirk of his eyebrow as she brushes her hair over her shoulder, not too bothered by the sword at her hip.]
That it is. That coin was given to me by Julius Caesar, after he'd run into a dagger a time or twenty-three. [He chuckles.]
Poor bastard thought he could buy his way out of the damnation his followers sent him to. He really didn't have anything to bargain with, mind you, but I entertained him all the same. It's so much fun when they beg, you know? All the power on earth, and it still came to nothing when it came time to pay the man.
[With a gesture, the coin returns to his hand.]
But I've got a feeling you know a thing or two about that, don't you?
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That it is. That coin was given to me by Julius Caesar, after he'd run into a dagger a time or twenty-three. [He chuckles.]
Poor bastard thought he could buy his way out of the damnation his followers sent him to. He really didn't have anything to bargain with, mind you, but I entertained him all the same. It's so much fun when they beg, you know? All the power on earth, and it still came to nothing when it came time to pay the man.
[With a gesture, the coin returns to his hand.]
But I've got a feeling you know a thing or two about that, don't you?