Izzy shrugged.“Sure.I do need to learn eventually, even if just to select burial rites.”
Jennel looked at her.“You aren’t thinking of doing anything, are you?”
“I am just looking for reasons to keep going and not finding much.I fought for my life once; that was enough.”
Jennel smiled.“That is where we differ.I didn’t fight like I should have once, so now I am making up for it.”
Izzy smiled and drank from her flask again.“Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.”
Jennel grinned.“I will call my acquaintance, and we can meet him today if you like.He just needs a writ to let him access your records and a blood sample, and he will do the rest.”
“Thank you for making the offer.”
There was a buzz on Jennel’s phone.She smiled and looked at Izzy.“How do you feel about tacos?”
The inspector pulled up, and Oory waved them off as she took him into the house for his assessment.
Hannah smiled.“I should stick around for a few minutes, but I can meet you guys there.All that staring made me hungry.”
Jennel smiled at Izzy.“Do you know whereTaco!Taco!Taco!is?”
“Yes.I am familiar with it.”
Jennel smiled.“Meet you there.Dr.Ganger is going to show up in the next half hour.He rarely comes into the city, so he’s excited by the description that Hannah gave me.”
Izzy nodded and swayed.“We should go then.I will follow you.It has been a while since I was at the shop.I am also not currently at my best.”
Jennel nodded.“Grab your bag.I will drive you there and bring you back here.”
Izzy paused and said, “Okay.”
Hannah watched as they drove off a moment later.She followed the inspector in as he exclaimed in admiration at the complete restoration and repair of the walls and roof.Even the floorboards were fixed and new.Izzy’s work was complete and suitable for the rebuild.Hannah would talk to Oory and get the orc crew to start immediately.Her family was backlogged with work, which wasn’t a bad thing to be.
* * * *
Jennel looked at thepile of nachos that Izzy was eating.“How did you order that?”
“The same way you ordered the tacos.”
Dem-rah came out and looked at Izzy.“Isocar.I am so sorry.”
Izzy got up and went to the four-armed goblin for a hug.“Thanks, Dem-rah.She was a glorious woman, then a glorious ghost, and now, she has left her crystal and is at peace.Her soul stone is in the repository, but I just can’t go talk to her right now.”
Jennel blinked.“So, you obviously know each other.”
Dem-rah chuckled.“I have known her longer than I have known you.Her grandmother brought her here regularly to practice her goblin.She could soon curse me under the table.”
Izzy smiled.“It was fun.”
Jennel blinked.“Well, that is interesting.”
Dem-rah grinned.“Her first words were in dark fae; her second were goblin.After that, her tone was filled with mage script.”
Izzy blushed.“I forgot about that.”
Jennel frowned.“I don’t understand.”
“You could see her speech.She said it and made it visible.She is better at goblin than I am.”Dem-rah gave a grating chuckle.“Do you still do that, Izzy?”
