“I need some fast gold, and I heard you were the man to talk to.”
The stranger in the tavern looked up at me. There was a weighing look in his eyes. “Sign the contract, and you get your gold,” he said.
“And then?”
“At the time of your death, which may be many years from now, I’ll take possession of the body.”
“But how will you find it?” I asked.
He grinned wolfishly. “Don’t worry about that. I have my ways.”
I hesitated, but what choice did I have? I took the pen and donated my body to necromancy.

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