OK, Cam is a little surprised to even get this far. Now they have to come up with some Grade-A bullshit, better than any bull they'd ever shit in their life.
They pull a pencil sharpener out of their backpack. People in Caido don't have pencil sharpeners, right? This one's a little old and dingy. That's OK, Cam figures; gives the impression of wear, the idea that this pencil sharpener has seen some shit.
"This is a rare object from my home world," Cam said, a sentence in which only one word was a lie. "It's the most valuable thing I own, there or here. If you put valuables in the little drawer" -- they opened the empty paper-shavings tray -- "it'll tell you secrets."
They pull a pencil sharpener out of their backpack. People in Caido don't have pencil sharpeners, right? This one's a little old and dingy. That's OK, Cam figures; gives the impression of wear, the idea that this pencil sharpener has seen some shit.
"This is a rare object from my home world," Cam said, a sentence in which only one word was a lie. "It's the most valuable thing I own, there or here. If you put valuables in the little drawer" -- they opened the empty paper-shavings tray -- "it'll tell you secrets."
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