Diana shrugged. "All sorts of stuff. He told me about his friend Margo. And that the kids there have specialties..."
...that an angry murder-moth monster is after him...
"...and about some really crazy spells he's tried." She smiled. "I'm not a magician, but in the City, we kinda have this...hiatus. On most kinds of secrecy and stuff. I mean, not to get cliched, but it's totes a melting pot here. Magicians and wizards and aliens and vampires and all kinds of other strange creatures. It takes some getting used to, but I think life is sometimes easier without secrets."
It means you can have real friends. It means you don't have to lie to survive.
Diana was a horrible liar to begin with. And even if she'd been good at it, she wouldn't have wanted to. Lying felt...well, dishonest. You couldn't build any real kind of relationship on lies. Not and have it mean something.
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...that an angry murder-moth monster is after him...
"...and about some really crazy spells he's tried." She smiled. "I'm not a magician, but in the City, we kinda have this...hiatus. On most kinds of secrecy and stuff. I mean, not to get cliched, but it's totes a melting pot here. Magicians and wizards and aliens and vampires and all kinds of other strange creatures. It takes some getting used to, but I think life is sometimes easier without secrets."
It means you can have real friends. It means you don't have to lie to survive.
Diana was a horrible liar to begin with. And even if she'd been good at it, she wouldn't have wanted to. Lying felt...well, dishonest. You couldn't build any real kind of relationship on lies. Not and have it mean something.