[And as he says "That's the good thing"... she groans.]
Shit.
[The word's out before she can stop it.]
Sorry.
[Kid. Shouldn't swear. She'll work on that. Gretel shakes her head.]
Nothing is ever free. Especially when you're dealing with magic.
[Because that's how it starts. Something free or for a nominal price. Something that seemed so unimportant... and then the price started to increase. And before you knew it... Well.
She'd seen that story play out before. Too many times.]
no subject
Shit.
[The word's out before she can stop it.]
Sorry.
[Kid. Shouldn't swear. She'll work on that. Gretel shakes her head.]
Nothing is ever free. Especially when you're dealing with magic.
[Because that's how it starts. Something free or for a nominal price. Something that seemed so unimportant... and then the price started to increase. And before you knew it... Well.
She'd seen that story play out before. Too many times.]