Cold rain, three days straight, and the paper on my neck hasn't so much as smeared. Some hands, it seems, never meant to erase what they wrote.

• ItsukiIt's not that the talisman paper is good, it's the brushwork. Everyone in the scriptorium knows whose hand that is.
  ShutenIf you know, keep it quiet. The ones who talk about what they know are always the first to disappear.
• AyameA wet talisman costs double in upkeep, you know.
  ShutenThen I'll carry an umbrella. Even a beast gets out of the rain.
• TogashiA talisman that gets wet without smearing is not covered by regulation. I will confirm this again.