"Before pulling the trigger, you must wager one of your personality traits. If you win, any treasure you have lost will return to you, ignoring all rules, time, and space."
Foolishness stood there, quietly watching her student.
A long silence passed before she spoke.
"Are you provoking me, or trying to repay me? Or both?"
For a Fireglint who had lost her eyes, what counted as a "lost treasure" was obvious to both of them. The gun and bullet placed right in front of her were indeed a possible way to retrieve it.
But for someone like Foolishness, a genius with extraordinary intelligence and creativity, someone who took pleasure in turning both possibility and impossibility into toys, she accepted herself completely.
She was her own most satisfying creation.
To "wager a personality trait" meant examining every part of herself, then choosing one trait she was willing to discard.
For someone as proud as BS Rita, that might already be difficult.
