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I’d run buck-fucking-naked to Hawksridge if I had to

"Get Flaw here, now Have hi and supplies I want him here in an hour Do you hear me?"

She sucked back a sob "I’ll--I’ll tell hi the old equipment They used it on Elisa in those pictures You know?"

I froze to the linoleum "What the fuck did they use?"

Jaz went quiet

"What did they use, Jaser’s Daughter" She cried again "I’m so sorry, Jethro I was there for most of them I did my best to comfort and support her But I couldn’t say no I couldn’t run the risk of the you’re--" More tears

Conflicted eh me I hated that she couldn’t save Nila But I understood at the same time It was too much to ask fro in that insane asylum

My soul sank further "What else, Jaz?"

Her voice shook "Tonight…they hurt her I tried to stop it, but I couldn’t I didn’t even know until it was too late"

My heart shattered "Tonight Fuck, Jaz What happened tonight?"

She sniffed loudly "They used the Heretic’s Fork She…slipped"

"Shit!"

The fork was lethal One trip and it was death My es of the neck brace padlocked around the accused’s throat, forcing thes wedged against sternu for tiredness or a fall to jerk their head down and stab theh the heart and jaw

"That--that’s not the worst of it," she stammered

My body turned to lava and hate "Goddammit! What else could they do?!"

"Part of the Fourth Debt They--they--" She couldn’t finish

No

No

Fucking no!

I tore off the hospital wristband and traded patient for wrathful avenger

They wouldn’t get aith this

Not any dead

"Get Flaw here I’ home"