Changeling: How Did You Do It?

All the information on Pertitus flooded into John's mind.

The "Calamity Priest" drew out a sheet of parchment with his left claw, gripped a quill in his right, and wrote rapidly:

[Pertitus...]

John memorized the information on the paper, again and again.

After eleven times, the "Calamity Priest" snatched up the paper and leaned back on his wooden bed.

Through the psychic link, Nimrod saw an illusory scene: three nobles in finery leading a squad of guards into a magnificent palace.

The scene shifted. The guards lunged at the nobles, swinging their blades and piercing silk.

They pulled out their blades and licked the blood from them.

[Assassination? Coup?] Nimrod frowned slightly, thinking in confusion.

The image warped and changed again. The guards' bodies twisted, swelling with fat until their silk robes stretched tight around them.

The images from just now flashed through the Primarch's mind, the faces of the dead nobles passing one after another.

[They licked the blood of those they killed, then transformed into their appearance.

Changelings.

The main potion ingredient for Sequence 6, Faceless One, of the "Fool" pathway.]

As the scene shattered, Nimrod had already obtained the information he wanted.

Through the "Calamity Priest's" dream divination, he had gained the information he sought.

[So this was why, when Lion first arrived at Pertitus, there was only silence.

Perhaps after Pertitus was reclaimed, the "people" who submitted launched a rebellion. After Lion furiously brought down punishment, he regarded it as a disgrace, which was why not much information on Pertitus was left behind.

Another dark secret the "Dark Angels" habitually kept.]

Nimrod knew Changelings were different from Mimics, which also possessed shapeshifting abilities.

They would not obtain the memories of the targets they transformed into. If they had not lived in human society for long, they