"Half-demon, thank you." Tobias corrected, looking somewhat annoyed. Nora knew that part did not matter to many people, because the demonic half could easily overtake the human half, for most people. Tobias pulled off his glasses, gestured forward and began to clean the lenses with a cloth from his pocket. "You're old. Perhaps not a god, but something like it. Close?"<br/><br/>Nora's mind went back to the questions Pace had asked when they arrived here and the one he had posed just now.<i>What was the Society? Did she grow up here? What was she afraid of?</i>They could all be answered with a single story.<br/><br/>"Sera and I lost our parents when we were teenagers. A few years later, Edith Drake and her son..." She gestured to Tobias. "...found us and claimed that they believed Sera was involved in some kind of prophecy.<i>Victus Flama.</i>The living flame. We came to London shortly after that, because Sera wanted to help. She was 19 and I was 23. The Society tracks things like that-- Magical prophecies, magical people meant to stop them." She almost expected Tobias to interject, but Nora had not mentioned why she and her sister were no longer affiliated with the group. Sera had done what was required of her, saved the world, saved her half-demon boyfriend and as a consequence, she had landed Edith Drake at the head of the Society.<br/><br/>"Typically they only protect humans or those who are human with powers. They believe other creatures like werewolves, vampires, and the like are all susceptible to demonic corruption. Tobias here gets by thanks to his mother and the fact that he was able to buck the control of his evil fucking father because he<i>loves</i>my sister." Nora continued, Tobias looked back at her, but it was not a glare like she expected and she felt sort of bad about the way she had phrased things. His nature was not his fault. There was shame in his eyes. "He is decidedly one of the good ones, or Sera wouldn't be all head over heels." She added.<br/><br/>"William was a member of a pack near here who had allied with local hunters. They lacked the resources and organization the Society has, but they tried to help who they could, because the Society doesn't accept folks like him...like he was." It was her turn to carry shame in her eyes. "And maybe it would have smarter to leave the demon-hunting and world-saving to the people with the resources to do it." The image of William dying flashed through her mind, but she pushed it back down.<br/><br/>"Describe what you're looking for?" Tobias interjected. Nora was thankful for it, though, otherwise she was about to go down a path she was not ready to travel in front of Pace.<br/><br/>"A gem on a necklace, it would have been a recent purchase, but it doesn't have the...creature in it anymore," Nora said.<br/><br/>They walked a long hallway until they reached a room that looked like a place where deliveries were kept until they could be cataloged. Tobias walked over to a large book, the words on the page seemed to shift and move until they settled on a letter and a number. "D32." He said out loud, pointing to a section of the shelves that had the letter "D" above it and small compartments under it. Nora walked over to it and scanned over the numbers until her eyes settled on 32.<br/><br/>She pulled out the small box and sure enough, pulled out a gem and held it up for Pace to see.<br/><br/>"Yahtzee." She smiled, all thoughts of the past and her problems with the Society gone for the moment. "We can pick up Sera on the way back and bind that rapist mother fucker back in here."<br/><br/>Tobias' eyes went wide and he arched a brow. "You said you were on a date, yes? This sounds like an unconventional activity for a date, at best..." He glanced between them. "And you're going to take my fiancee with you on this...<i>date?"</i>