Four.

> I like how this Rahasya thinks. Maybe you should try killing her.

AUBREY
"Are you crazy? They just got healed by that CORE!"
"I don't know why you want me dead so badly."

Aubrey, if Rahasya had truly wanted you dead, they'd have tried to kill you already. There's clearly another motive here. Be careful.

Anyway, you don't have to put up with their threats. Tell them to their face that what you aren't here to do is satisfy the curiosity of every betentacled blowhard that thinks they can threaten you into doing what they want. And if they have a problem with that, they can certainly try to send you home in pieces. But as they say, they don't know the first thing about you, or who you've got in your corner.

Then, if they lay off, as a gesture of good will you can tell Rahasya as much as they need to know of what's going on. But no more.

Aubrey considers this argument in silence, holding Rahasya's eyes.

AUBREY
"Right."

She steps forward.

AUBREY
"My business in the Blue World is none of yours, okay?"
"I've compensated you for your house. I've apologized for trespassing. I helped you with that Greater Wing when I could've just left."
"You're not getting anything more out of me."

Rahasya lifts an eyebrow. Their limb withdraws to their side.

RAHASYA
"You do realize I'm fully recovered from our battle?"

Sweat prickles Aubrey's nape. She prays you aren't bluffing and puts on her best confident shrug.

AUBREY
"I don't just talk a big game."

Silence. Ada fizzles. The book bobs nervously in place.

RAHASYA
"...No, perhaps not. You strike me as a number of unpleasant things, but suicidal is not among them."
"Depending on your motives, perhaps showing you to the Blue World might benefit us both."

Aubrey lets out a secret breath of relief.

RAHASYA
"Answer me something first, little lost one."

AUBREY
"Okay..."

RAHASYA
"What is so important that you'd scour the In-Between for it, when visitors are at a clear disadvantage?"

AUBREY
"Not a 'what', a 'who'. I'm looking for a friend."

Rahasya strokes their jaw.

RAHASYA
"And you think they'll be in one of the Iridescent Queen's territories? Why?"

Aubrey chooses her words carefully.

AUBREY
"I have suspicions one of those Masters you mentioned is keeping her."

Rahasya's eyes flash.

RAHASYA
"Interesting."
"Though... even if you only wanted to see your friend, and not—perish the thought—spirit them away, The Masters of the Iridescent Queen's realms don't care for trespassers. You aren't welcome."

AUBREY
"That's their problem."

RAHASYA
"It'll be your problem if you insist on visiting the Blue World. Biru is... particular about who comes and goes, and why. You'll certainly be pursued."

AUBREY
"Yeah? Well, I wouldn't recommend it."

Rahasya laughs; a sharp, static-laced sound.

RAHASYA
"You must be very keen to make powerful enemies..."
"But then, I'm in no position to lecture you."

Aubrey's mind snaps back to the battle. Rahasya mentioned something about being in exile...

AUBREY
"...Is it worth bringing up?"

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Giving you the option to breeze through the rest of the cutscene in case talking to Rahasya is actually not fun