"Of course I was." Erskine glanced back towards Corrival. "What about, this time?"
Ghastly made a noise that sounded an awful lot like a disbelieving scoff. "I don't need to be paid. I'm not asking for money. I have plenty of that. Just give me a chance to burn those, and I'll be happy."
He suspected that might be asking a bit too much, particularly given the spluttering response of the Sanctuary Administrator, but Ghastly could live with that. Retiring those robes would be enough. If 'retire' was truly the right word; 'retire' put him in mind of something that produced exceptional service before finally getting too old to carry on. Those robes didn't belong anywhere but at the back of a dark and unused closet. "That's a commission for an identical set of four robes, then?" he asked. "I'll get started right away."
They'd easily be regal enough, if they were all technically designed for Merlin. But that... wasn't quite what Ghastly had in mind. What he had in mind was a perfectly respectable and elegant set of Elder robes, of course, but presented along with one blue star-spangled robe that came complete with a pointy hat.
Archangels might be able to glean that image from him, but Ghastly was banking on neither of them saying a word. And, coming to think of it, Merlin not being able to constantly scan for surface thoughts. But it would be worth it. Ghastly couldn't quite contain his own grin at the thought, but it would probably be mistaken for professional relief at getting to redesign the robes, so he didn't mind too much.
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Ghastly made a noise that sounded an awful lot like a disbelieving scoff. "I don't need to be paid. I'm not asking for money. I have plenty of that. Just give me a chance to burn those, and I'll be happy."
He suspected that might be asking a bit too much, particularly given the spluttering response of the Sanctuary Administrator, but Ghastly could live with that. Retiring those robes would be enough. If 'retire' was truly the right word; 'retire' put him in mind of something that produced exceptional service before finally getting too old to carry on. Those robes didn't belong anywhere but at the back of a dark and unused closet. "That's a commission for an identical set of four robes, then?" he asked. "I'll get started right away."
They'd easily be regal enough, if they were all technically designed for Merlin. But that... wasn't quite what Ghastly had in mind. What he had in mind was a perfectly respectable and elegant set of Elder robes, of course, but presented along with one blue star-spangled robe that came complete with a pointy hat.
Archangels might be able to glean that image from him, but Ghastly was banking on neither of them saying a word. And, coming to think of it, Merlin not being able to constantly scan for surface thoughts. But it would be worth it. Ghastly couldn't quite contain his own grin at the thought, but it would probably be mistaken for professional relief at getting to redesign the robes, so he didn't mind too much.