Questions about the Merchant

Well, UNofficially, I’d say sure. Seems to me you ought to be able to put up ten years of your life as collateral on, say, a hand of glory or whatever. That does bring up the question of what would happen if the Merchant were to die while holding something major. Ten years of life released into the surrounding environment would manifest… how? Everything within fifty yards gets spontaneously newer/younger/cleaner? Random significant phenomena? Or, the lame way, does the held “item” simply return to the original owner?

As to the second question, I don’t really remember and I don’t have Break Today with me right now, but I’m pretty sure the Lesser Correspondence ritual involves taking some sort of tube and ritually preparing it, then investing it with a charge, and carrying it with you. When you want to release the charge, you hand somebody some food, and say the magic words, which I also can’t recall. That’s all I remember, and I’m pretty sure that’s not entirely correct, so here’s hoping someone else comes along to help out.