[For days now, Liem has been balancing his efforts toward Meridian’s victory with his own personal efforts to get his hands back on his holy symbol. More than being an object of faith, the item also has his sunbeam set into it: in the golden key’s carved bow, in the part of the design where a sun would usually be. He needs to get it back, and more importantly, he needs to do so before Silco can come up with some creative use for it.
Fortunately, there is no method short of magical shielding or swaddling the key in lead that can keep him from locating it while they’re all in this one limited area. That’s another reason he is in such a hurry: finding his symbol will be much easier now, before they’re all dispersed throughout Kenos again. For the time being, he hopes that he can check back now and then until his spell leads him to, perhaps, a stash Silco has left it in for safekeeping. That would make his task much simpler.
Of course, getting his symbol back has not been simple. Again and again, he has followed the magnetic pull of his magic to find Silco still right there on the other end, accompanied by some other Zenite too competent for Liem to just take down by himself. He is aware, also, that the man’s ability to transform others could make even a meek-seeming companion dangerous. He might need to recruit help to take the key back from him, if things continue like this.
But he seeks him out just one more time, nearly invisible in the shadows, a wasp’s black wings folded along his back. Ironically, the more stubborn Silco is about holding onto his possession, the more consistently Liem can track him down, regardless of where in the greenhouse he might be. Whether he knows of Liem’s stalking presence or not, he will not be totally rid of him until that golden key is no longer on his person.]
for Silco — every step you take
Fortunately, there is no method short of magical shielding or swaddling the key in lead that can keep him from locating it while they’re all in this one limited area. That’s another reason he is in such a hurry: finding his symbol will be much easier now, before they’re all dispersed throughout Kenos again. For the time being, he hopes that he can check back now and then until his spell leads him to, perhaps, a stash Silco has left it in for safekeeping. That would make his task much simpler.
Of course, getting his symbol back has not been simple. Again and again, he has followed the magnetic pull of his magic to find Silco still right there on the other end, accompanied by some other Zenite too competent for Liem to just take down by himself. He is aware, also, that the man’s ability to transform others could make even a meek-seeming companion dangerous. He might need to recruit help to take the key back from him, if things continue like this.
But he seeks him out just one more time, nearly invisible in the shadows, a wasp’s black wings folded along his back. Ironically, the more stubborn Silco is about holding onto his possession, the more consistently Liem can track him down, regardless of where in the greenhouse he might be. Whether he knows of Liem’s stalking presence or not, he will not be totally rid of him until that golden key is no longer on his person.]