The mage waited by the fountain in the town square with his owl on his shoulder and his head tilted downward. He was nice enough to give the kid enough of a distraction to get onto the ship, but he knew it wouldn't be enough to get him off safely, so he happened to poison another ship mate as he passed him by while he was still cloaked. He would start to feel the poison breaking him down from the inside out around the time that Naoki would need to find an escape route.
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