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As they walked back through the market, the charm’s warmth throbbed like a steady heartbeat. Belfastever so slightly straightened her posture. She would catalogue everything: routes, rituals, temperaments. If another seam opened, she would know which teacup to set down, which name to say, and how to keep panic at bay.

“You need to mend it,” the Keeper said, fingers trembling over a ledger. “But not with force. With order. With ritual. With…someone who understands service.” adventuring with belfast in another world v01 best

A tactician. The word lodged in her like a pin. Belfast’s training in punctuality and etiquette felt suddenly tactical: arranging silverware into formations, timing tea service to the second. She smiled, small and precise. “Very well. Then we shall be of service.” As they walked back through the market, the

At the Halcyon Beacon, the guildmistress introduced herself as Captain Marrow, a broad-shouldered woman with a laugh like a cannon. “We need someone to negotiate with the Lighthouse Keeper and the sea-wraiths,” she said. “We heard you’re precise.” If another seam opened, she would know which

Outside, the sea-wraiths circled the Beacon like a patient audience. One leaned close enough to hear the Keeper’s voice braided to Belfast’s. “You call us properly?” it hissed, curiosity more than malice.