She looked me up and down. "If you are a criminal, you're the least threatening one I've ever seen." I must've been some kind of novelty to her.
"Look," I said, looking around the cell, "this is great and all, but...I-I've got something extremely important to do. Have you seen my brother?"
She looked up casually. "Oh, you mean the boy-human? Yes, he's in the hospital. He suffered a horrible blow."
My heart caught in my throat. "B-but is he okay??"
"Oh sure, but...he left this."
It was the money.
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