But Jarlaxle, staring at the empty stair, shook his head with every word. "No," he said. "And no. I suspect that Artemis Entreri really is dead, my friend."
"Looked living to me."
Jarlaxle laughed, not willing to explain it, and not expecting that Athrogate, who had his own emotional barriers defining him, would begin to understand.
But Athrogate remarked, "Ah, he died the way meself died when them orcs come to Felbarr."
"More than three centuries ago?" Jarlaxle asked.
"Three and a half, elf."
"And yet you look so young."
"Might be that livin' long's a curse more than a blessing."
"A curse imposed by…?"
"Ever twist the bum hairs of a wizard, elf?"
Jarlaxle rolled his eyes and laughed.
" 'Ill-argued and ill-met, he telled me. A pox on me bones for not payin' me debt. To grab the sun and not let it set, ye'll not die young, and ye'll never forget. »
"That was his curse?"
"And after three hunnerd years, I'm tellin' ye it worked."
Jarlaxle nodded and considered the tale for a short while. Then, on a sudden impulse, he reached over and plopped the hat atop the dwarf's hairy head.
"Hey, now!"
"Yes," Jarlaxle said, nodding with admiration. "It suits you well."
As he spoke, the drow dropped a hand into his pouch, feeling the broken pieces of Idalia's flute and wondering how much it would cost him to get it repaired.
He winced just a bit, because he realized that Athrogate couldn't likely blow a note.
But he looked back to the empty stair, where Artemis Entreri had gone, and he reminded himself that sometimes you just had to play the hand you were dealt.
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