Hex sat on the ground waiting for the spies to return. At first he made small talk to Marriane – he learned her name while discussing the benefits of working for her gambling den – but it turned dull at some point.
It was clear to him she was only talking in order to find a gap or a clue to find more about him. She, like Hex, knew that things might not end just with Trid's potential recovery. The Seachurns would haunt the culprits as anyone else who they believed to have taken advantage of them.
'Just taking a million Wrixian coins won't be enough,' Hex thought, while waiting. 'I won't be able to use it freely without raising some suspicion. One, Sterling and his team will wonder how I found the wealth and on the other hand and two, the Seachurns will uncover his identity within a short amount of time.
