[ 'Nines.' 9s, then. Their last communications had been via text, but that sounds like it must be right for the other speaker in the pitch. ]

Fair enough, if he is to be spearheading this project.

[ That, also, would probably be more morbid if she hadn't gotten the squeamishness out of her system somewhere around the time she stopped counting how many deaths she's seen. Instead. ]

... Whatever magic is kept within one's beings seems incredibly arbitrary.

[ ...is that annoyance? It's definitely vague annoyance, despite her continued even tone. ]

Was there anything special in particular about the brand of magic they had?