Cold rain fell for three days straight, and the paper on my neck hasn't run at all. Some hands, it seems, never meant for their strokes to fade in the first place.
It's not the paper that's fine, it's the brushwork. Everyone in the copying room knows exactly whose hand that is.
A soaked talisman doubles the upkeep cost, you know.
There's no provision for a talisman that gets wet and doesn't run. I'll be checking again.



