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"Not now," she says He blames oing to get worse

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Trust

I find him in a communal washroom He’s earned one of the staterooe to Mars, but that’s not how he thinks This is still the boy who hid in the horse No, I think Not a boy any longer

"She cared for you, Sevro"

His arms cross before him, freckled and thin A toraps around his waist, another hangs around his shoulders Golds don’t care about nudity but Sevro always has He’s gained a tattoo since last I saw hi his back The Howlers are his everything Once they were just a tool tomore But what does that mean, when I use the into the drain of the shower Down and down it spirals

"In the end, I believe I’ll enjoy war," he says "Gotta toughen my spine a bit Callous lory" He looks up "Don’t you smell the roses, Reaper?"

I sit beside hiory heard you I’ an eye, not an ear" He taps his bionic eye with a bony finger "Course I know she cared But never in the way I wanted She deserved to live If any of us ugly little shiteaters deserve it, it was her There wasn’t a cruel bone in her body Not one But it didn’t ood or we’re evil It’s all up to chance"

"It was chance you knew her at all," I say "Chance that brought her to House Mars"

"No It was my father," Sevro says "He drafted her, traded a pick with Juno to get her" He shakes his head "All because he thought she would teer If he hadn’t picked her, ouldn’t haveof Eo "But she chose to come here She chose to followasus

"It’s all piss and shit Isn’t it?" Sevro says "Doesn’t aame Spit on their empire Spit on this piss and this shit I came for you because he told me what you are"

I stare at him, unable to understand

"What do you h

"Turn it on," he says "I know you brought one You’re thorough, Reaper Always thorough"

"Why are you acting so--"