"Alright. Let's clear out then. We can burn it after the bear," Avis said, several beats after Asp had left. She rubbed her hands a few times more and then experimentally flexed them, as though testing them for some permanent mark of taint. Apparently, they were fine, and the Neophyte turned to the Guardian and her pet sushi-maker, becoming the second Talon to gesture toward the exit that evening.