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‘At night,’ he repeated.
‘Remember the glimmer-of-moonlight thing I mentioned? And Mary Werewode and her moonbathing and moonsilver and all of that. Giddy gods know why, but there is a pattern there — you said so yourself, Jay! — and I’m really curious to know what might happen if I “mess with” her painting when the moon’s up.’
‘The Elvyng Academy is not open at night,’ said Jay.
‘I know that.’
‘So that makes it a case of actual breaking and entering.’
‘I know.’
‘Which is an actual crime.’
‘Not if you aren’t stealing anything.’
‘I’m… pretty sure it’s still a crime, Ves, even if you aren’t a burglar.’
‘It’ll only be for a few minutes.’
‘Right, because it’s the duration that determines the severity of the offence.’
I looked, rather pleadingly, at Val.
She watched our back-and
