Hans Seiderman/Jester: As for Mephisto... he was actually still there when I met the Toulons in 1921. Herr Toulon, however, preferred to keep him away from children, and we never met... Though, given how easy it was for us to spy, I would expect he saw me, even if I never saw him.
They lost him on a trip to Cairo in 1925, the year I turned 13. The year before I started travelling with them. The puppet theater caught fire, but Mephisto was not injured badly enough to explain his collapse. Herr Toulon... he said he felt the sorceror was still manipulating him somehow, even by choosing to die.
Lizzie: *acrid and pointed comment on Mephisto*
Hans Seiderman/Jester: I wonder sometimes... I have seen psychics who could catch glimpses of the future. Mephisto wanted Herr Toulon to keep practicing the magic. He didn't want it lost and considered it more important than any lives that might be harmed by it.
Perhaps he had seen what would become of me... but only if he was not there.
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They lost him on a trip to Cairo in 1925, the year I turned 13. The year before I started travelling with them. The puppet theater caught fire, but Mephisto was not injured badly enough to explain his collapse. Herr Toulon... he said he felt the sorceror was still manipulating him somehow, even by choosing to die.
Lizzie: *acrid and pointed comment on Mephisto*
Hans Seiderman/Jester: I wonder sometimes... I have seen psychics who could catch glimpses of the future. Mephisto wanted Herr Toulon to keep practicing the magic. He didn't want it lost and considered it more important than any lives that might be harmed by it.
Perhaps he had seen what would become of me... but only if he was not there.