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You mentioned a coincidence before, what did you mean?»
    «Oh, certainly.» She let go an odd sound which could have been a light laughter. «For sure it was a pleasurable coincidence to meet you, as I believe that it allowed both of us to save some time. I would have come to look for you myself, and I am more than sure that you had the intention to come and look for me in the near future.»
    «Why should I?»
    «I believe for the same reason for which you spent almost all of today interrogating well known practitioners of necromancy.»
    «It seems you know a lot of things.»
    «More than you imagine, detective.»
    «Then I imagine you know the reason behind my investigations as well.»
    «You are looking for a necromancer who supposedly used his knowledge of the art to commit a crime. A crime of some severity, otherwise you would not be leading the investigations in person.»
    «Do you know any?»
    «If your question refers to any individual who committed a crime, I have to give you a negative answer. If that were the case, it would have been an obligation for me to denounce him to the authorities, is it not so? Though, if what you desire to know is whether among the people I am acquainted with there is any necromancer who could possibly have committed a crime, my answer would have to be different. And this is exactly the reason for which I do believe that you could be in need of my assistance.»
    «Meaning you would help me finding the one I'm looking for? Why should you?»
    «Because I am a good citizen.» She smiled a quite disturbing smile.
    «I'm glad to hear that, but...»
    «Listen to me, detective, I know that you probably believe that it would not be appropriate to accept my help for your investigations, but I pray you reconsider it before you decline my proposal. I can lead you in places in which you would never be able to go alone, let you speak to people that would never accept to meet you otherwise, and be aware that I have as much interest as you do in ascertaining who is hiding behind these events, and the reason for which he is having this kind of behavior, so I have no reason to deceive you.»
    «So you would help me, asking for nothing in return.»
    «I do not believe I have said exactly this, detective. However, what I do ask you in return is simply to disregard what you will see, aside from, of course, whatever is related to your current investigations.»
    «I'd never do that. If I should see a crime being...»
    «You will not see any kind of crime. You will only meet people who maybe, one day, might commit one, but that so far are only sharing a common interest.»
    «Necromancy is a dangerous interest.»
    «But not illegal, as long as it is kept strictly theoretical.»
    «Is it so?»
    «You will be able to judge this by yourself if you do accept my proposal. But you will have to come alone.»
    «That's impossible.»
    «Then bring along one of your officers, but no more than one, and let him not wear any uniform, unless you want to waste the opportunity I am giving you completely.»
    Shim reflected on that. He didn't truly trust that woman. In spite of this, many of the things she had said were undeniable, and he could easily believe that she knew people he wouldn't be able to reach. Nonetheless, he was not so naive as to disregard the fact that she could be trying to lead him into some kind of trap. Maybe she was herself the necromancer he was looking for, and her offer was nothing more than a way to mislead him or, worse, seize the chance to get rid of him. Still, it was a risk worth running, and he could still take some precautions, as he had to go back to the central to pick an officer to bring along. Even if he had wanted to go with one of the two that were there, there was no way to have them change clothes. And, given the time of the day, a night-shift officer would have been more fitting anyway.
    «Fine. Where and what time?» he finally asked.
    «We can meet in this same place exactly one hour