[Suzerain of Sheol]

Just as they are sitting down to discuss their plan, there is a knock at the door. Immediately, hands go to weapons, shoulders tensing, before better sense overcomes Ulysses.

"That will be Felix. He said he would join us.

Marl breaths a long, shuddering sigh. "You could've mentioned. Shock like that ain't good for my heart."

Not deigning to apologize, the soldier goes to get the door. The thought occurs to him that Felix could have sold them out -- that would explain his strange delay, but unless owning a sword has become a crime, there's nothing yet for which the guard can indict them. Not that Hadrian probably cares so much for the letter of the law.

He opens the door to find the odd man alone, and admits him wordlessly, closing the door behind.

"Glad to have you, neighbor," Marl says with a brief glance in his direction. "Now let's hear this news."