Penelope is certain I've ingested some sort of curse. To get her to back off, I went with her to an exorcist of some kind, who seemed to confirm what she was saying - whatever is wrong with me, he could see it too.

I've got his number, and he's given me an insane shopping list to get him in order to fix me.

The singular hair of a unicorn, the Fang of a Giraffe, and the 9th leg of a spider.

Not sure how to explain to him that none of that shit exists, but, I'm also giving him a free meal each week at my restaurant as payment. Whatever, looks like he could use a free meal so I'm not too upset about that part. In the meantime, some of the other rituals I've been reading about have started to bear fruit. A simple curse, placed upon something I've prepared... I'm sure it will work.

Carver reached out after that last contract, before I had a chance to. Wasn't about Domi, though - she wanted to help me with the uh, traumatizing, aspects of that last mission. I sat her down at my restaurant and gave her a private meal where we discussed the details of what went down, and she helped me get through some of the mental blocks that popped up after. I slept with the light off last night.

Maybe Carver's not as annoying as I thought as first. She seems like she could actually be a good friend, if I let her. That's probably not a great idea, but... I need allies, at least, right? Yeah. Allies. I don't know if I really trust her, but... I trust her enough. And at the end of the day, isn't that all that matters? She's no James, but she knows what she's doing. And I need that.