If he's right (and he usually is) and she's what's keeping him here, it doesn't really make much difference does it? The death of the magician that summoned him sends him packing just as quickly as a few words properly arranged. Honestly? It might be faster.
So after a split second's hesitation, Bartimaeus watches Kitty Jones disappear off the edge of the stairs and into the darkness of the open air beyond them.
And why shouldn't he! There's no reason at all not to let her fall to her very ridiculous death. Serves her right, acting like such a know it all around a powerful djinni who's only in the rescuing business when it's convenient or by a demand he quite literally can't refuse.
A groaning sound at his feet draws his attention. Bartimaeus finds the Marquis squinting up at him in confusion.
"What? It's not like I pushed her." And then-- "Fine! But I'm only doing this so I'm not responsible for you."
With a sigh, the boy falls into the darkness after the girl. But what snatches her out of the air is a griffon, a sickly green rift light oozing out from between its talons.
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If he's right (and he usually is) and she's what's keeping him here, it doesn't really make much difference does it? The death of the magician that summoned him sends him packing just as quickly as a few words properly arranged. Honestly? It might be faster.
So after a split second's hesitation, Bartimaeus watches Kitty Jones disappear off the edge of the stairs and into the darkness of the open air beyond them.
And why shouldn't he! There's no reason at all not to let her fall to her very ridiculous death. Serves her right, acting like such a know it all around a powerful djinni who's only in the rescuing business when it's convenient or by a demand he quite literally can't refuse.
A groaning sound at his feet draws his attention. Bartimaeus finds the Marquis squinting up at him in confusion.
"What? It's not like I pushed her." And then-- "Fine! But I'm only doing this so I'm not responsible for you."
With a sigh, the boy falls into the darkness after the girl. But what snatches her out of the air is a griffon, a sickly green rift light oozing out from between its talons.