There's no way you don't remember. I was there, and you were there, and then you tried to get me to pay, and then I dragged you outside, and then I calmly explained to you that I needed the rat for my own livelihood and had no money and also I'm a very good person, and you completely understood, and we walked away better off as people!
[...Okay, somewhere in there she started to realize she could completely change the narrative if he really doesn't remember, but also... she's intensely bad at lying. But, if that doesn't kickstart his brain juices, Nott realizes she can do one better.
She digs into her pockets, searching... Nope, not that one... Maybe her cloak pocket... Wait, is it in her ammo storage? Not there either... Oh, what the hell, it's in her component pouch. That's where she keeps her stale croissants!]
This thing better not eat pastries...
[She brandishes a... silvery clockwork robotic rat at him. It looks around almost confused, sort of sniffs at the air, and then squeaks.]
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There's no way you don't remember. I was there, and you were there, and then you tried to get me to pay, and then I dragged you outside, and then I calmly explained to you that I needed the rat for my own livelihood and had no money and also I'm a very good person, and you completely understood, and we walked away better off as people!
[...Okay, somewhere in there she started to realize she could completely change the narrative if he really doesn't remember, but also... she's intensely bad at lying. But, if that doesn't kickstart his brain juices, Nott realizes she can do one better.
She digs into her pockets, searching... Nope, not that one... Maybe her cloak pocket... Wait, is it in her ammo storage? Not there either... Oh, what the hell, it's in her component pouch. That's where she keeps her stale croissants!]
This thing better not eat pastries...
[She brandishes a... silvery clockwork robotic rat at him. It looks around almost confused, sort of sniffs at the air, and then squeaks.]
This thing ring a bell??