Editing Walt Garrick (section)

==Abilities and Art==

While aged Walt was considered in his time to be a highly accomplished Finder.<ref>- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/09/crossed-with-silver-19-13/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.13]]</ref>
===Basics===
**He rescued an [[Envoy]] of Doubt from the paths who became his familiar.<ref name=":0">“Envoy of Doubt.  Lurked the paths, offered a deal to people.  Like a localized little Hungry Choir thing, but it was about suspicion and doubt.  Let people choose something, and they’d get the benefit of a doubt, or people would ignore key evidence, or they could choose a statement or truth, and people would give it a hard, doubting second look.  Let criminals get away with crimes, let certain lies travel around the world before the Truth had his shoes on, let people ensure someone didn’t get away with something.  But it was a double-edged sword.  Whatever you asked for, it’d come back at you, for something you’d said or done.  Could be in the past, retroactive, could be now, could be in the future.”<br>[...]<br>“Seems like a pretty raw deal,” Avery said.<br><br>“Speaking more generally?  Was more of a thing in the old days.  Eye for an eye.  Doubt for a doubt.  Wound for a wound,” Peter said.  “Mostly we steer clear.  But the Envoy ended up on a Path, stranded there by someone who expected it to pay a price, got tangled up in that Path’s rules.  Happens a lot, apparently.  Walt rescued it.”<br><br>Avery frowned.  “Doesn’t that complicate investigating him?  Like how I was dealing with a Forsworn murderer?  Where we felt like we instinctively suspected him, so we pulled back and like, didn’t suspect him enough?”<br>[...]<br>“Already accounted for,” Peter said.[...]“Long story short, Walt’s familiar has enjoyed a fifty year vacation from their envoy duties with Walt, but they’re not friendly, it does some chores for him as he gets older, he mostly ignores it.  When he dies, they’ll go back to the job.  If Walt could run this path with more confidence, we would have tested it out.  But if you wanted to, we’d support you on a short visit, to see if Snowdrop can handle an errand, or if you can borrow from her to make it easier.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/09 Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.13]]</ref>