Swap stories with her

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From: Talk to Cynthia


if you offer her an exchange of confidences, perhaps she'll be more forthcoming.

Unlocked with Hunter's Insight 1, Melancholy 4


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 116

  • 80 - very chancy (41%)
  • 99 - chancy (51%)
  • 118 - modest (61%)
  • 138 - very modest (71%)
  • 157 - low-risk (81%)
  • 176 - straightforward (91%)
  • 194 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A sad story

[...]"His father was a vicious old goat, you know. And he was faced with an impossible choice. And all I have now is this spinning-top." It's a plain little wooden thing, but she holds it as if it were a sapphire.

Description summary:
She tells you a bit more about her beloved.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]


Failure

Not a fair exchange

You share something with Cynthia that very few people know, but it doesn't seem to move her. "I do not feel your emotions," she says. "Which is, perhaps, tragic in itself."