" you're always so painfully curious when it comes to my work ... " they can also tell when nyarlathotep is watching. he is much like a black cat --- sitting in the shadows with its wandering eyes. the lostbelt master would also, if slightly, wish the outer being wouldn't use their chair as an arm rest. " it casts difficulty on my focus . " with a sigh, 24 would lean back in their seat ; raising a hand to push a piece of hair from the god's face. " what do you need of me ? "
Painful, difficult; all are accurate enough evaluations of him. Not that Nyarlathotep cares if heâs a burden. Heâll stay where he is, continue scanning idly over 24âČs head. âItâs the kind of thing thatâs useful for me to know.â It wouldnât be necessary if 24 werenât so cagey or if their affairs didnât so often affect Nyarlathotep, but unfortunately for both of them, thatâs not the case. So if he wants to see what 24 is up to, this is the best way. Someone has to be on top of things for the ambivalent side.
He allows them to brush his hair back, though he does raise a skeptical eyebrow at the action. Whatâs this, some sign of affection? Faked or otherwise, thatâs rather bold for a mere human to be displaying. (His teeth are sharp, if he so chose he could catch their finger betwixt fangs, bite it in half like celery and swallow the evidence. Theyâll be lucky for now that no blood of theirs is spilled for the audacity.) âYou know, if you really wanted research, I could take you to an even better place.â The Library of Yith isnât hard to reach, after all. But thatâs not the answer to what they asked-- it would be more fun for Nyarlathotep, though, than sitting here and watching 24 do whatever pointlessness theyâve gotten interested in now. âFailing that? I met some new people. I want to know what you know about them. I want what you even plan on doing here. I want quite a lot of things. Hurry it up and plunge the world into chaos already, will you? Else Iâll get bored with just Nidhogg to play with.â

















