A small humanoid creature walked into the room holding the end of a leash. It was squat with compressed features and a stout build. The eyes were squinted, as if unaccustomed to so much light, and the mouth was a mere slit in the face. The hand holding the leash had short, stubby fingers with blackened nails at the end. But the voice was clear as it narrated things of interest to it's companion.
Behind it, attached to the leash by a color was a wispy thing that seemed to be made almost entirely out of eyes. It practically floated into the room, eyes gazing in every direction, blinking in unison and then refocusing. It didn't seem to have a mouth but a high-pitched laugh emanated randomly as the eyes landed on various objects around the room.
Argemeth slipped a sheet of paper onto the desk in front of her, a pen appearing in his hand, he leaned in further to whisper in her ear.
"The NDA, if you please, just boilerplate really confirming that you'll be confidential about what you see on the job."
Across the room Zuriel's mouth opened as if he were going to say something, and he took half a step forward. Argemeth looked at him, raising his brows in question. Zuriel stopped and took a deep breath, then moved over to greet the 'customers.'
Grace's mind reeled. What was even happening right now? So many things assaulted her at once. Philip and Agatha leaving, the two strangers... customers... appearing, with Zuriel treating them as if this was normal. And under her nose was a contract... no, not a contract, just an NDA. Those were harmless right? And if she didn't sign it, could she walk out of here and tell Lucy what she'd just seen? She doubted that Lucy would believe her, that anyone would believe her.
Well, if no one would believe what she said, what was the point of saying it. She took the pen and scratched her name out on the line. Argemeth clapped his hands again, the booming sound louder as he was right next to her. Then he immediately started rolling up t