YOU MAY YET GET THE CHANCE TO TELL HER YOURSELF, BUT YES, I WILL MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS. I BELIEVE SHE IS SORRY TOO.

Hackles raised at the last, the cat stiffening as it straightened. The voice took on a little more boom in Lea's mind. Despite the cat's physically small size, it would seem to grow larger somehow, powerful despite the furry little body . . . and Lea would be able to feel the ageless being's own great wrath, perfectly calm and frighteningly terrible. Managing to actually piss off Death himself is not a wise thing to do.

HE HAS NOT TRANSITIONED FROM THIS EXISTENCE. YET. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND HIM, ON THIS PLANE OR THE NEXT. I ASSURE YOU THAT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, HE WILL BE DEALT WITH FOR HIS BETRAYAL. AS WITH ALL OF THE GUARDIANS HERE, HE MADE AN OATH TO ME TO PROTECT THIS CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS AND NOT TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR SURVIVAL OR YOUR FREEDOM. PERHAPS HE FORGOT . . . I HAVE NOT.

I WILL NOT STOP YOU FROM ANY ACTIONS YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE, SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER HIM BEFORE I DO. JUST KNOW THAT, IF YOU NEVER DO, HIS PAYMENT WILL BE EXACTED REGARDLESS.