A/N:I’m so sorry this is a week late y'all. It’s a big chapter and I didn’t want to rush it!
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There was a saying in the mortal realms that Cardan had heard from an indentured servant once—when the cat’s away, the mice will play. The first time he had heard it, he’d wanted to know what happened to the cat. While the mice were playing and basking in their newfound freedom—where had the cat gone? It was something that he’d puzzled over, idly, wondering what had drawn the cat out.
As he leapt from Jude’s balcony to the neighbouring tree, Cardan thought he might know.
When Jude’s away, the cat gets bored and decides to explore, he remarked wryly, inching his way down the trunk. He may or may not have fallen the last metre, but a quick glance around told him there had been no witnesses to his disgrace.
i mean,, “it was a childish delight, to commit relatively harmless crimes and evade the consequences. it was a first for him.” okay,murdering me would be simpler but to each their own
okay wait are you,, are you trying to make me cry????
