The lounge room looked like someone had tried to carpet it with newspaper. In one corner crouched Titus, sporting almost as many bandages as Kataryna and armed with a pair of scissors. He barely glanced up as Aranaya entered.
"How's our patient, Poppet?" He asked.
"Awake," Aranaya replied, seemingly unfazed by the pet name, "did she really die?"
"Of course, How do you think she got the wings?" He paused. "Only I wouldn't ask her too much about it if I were you - it's a bit of a touchy subject. Aha, I've found our sucker." He stabbed the scissors into the page. "Aeternity reunion concert, starts tonight at sunset. They're a Light Metal band," he added.
"Light Metal? They are religious?"
"Indeed, and just the sort of thing I'm sure Tawny and her lot would love to cause trouble with. Want to come and check it out with me?"
"I'm not really into that kind of music," she muttered.
"I'm not really into dying horribly," Titus replied, "but neither do I think most of the audience will be and well, I figure if we're going to do anything, we should try and stop it."
"If she actually had anything that malicious planned, why did she tell you?" Aranaya queried.
"From what I understand about Tawny, pain amuses her and she'd love us to be there to watch the excreta hit the fan, so to speak."
Aranaya did not look convinced. "Well then,' she said with a shrug, "I guess we go to the concert."
"I'll get the tickets," Titus replied, sounding gleefully excited.
*
"I want to come too," Kataryna declared, she struggled into a sitting position and felt her head flood with clouds. Aeternity had been one of her favourite bands, once, and she didn't want to let a chance to see them in concert slip by.
"You can't," Aranaya replied, "you're sick. Besides, the wings would give you away."
The Lemur girl sighed. She knew her Aye-aye friend was right, she knew she could barely stand, but that didn't change things. "Well can you at least get me a new book? I've finished this one."