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The captain blew out smoke “You and your people killed my entire crew This… I believe to be hostile”

Favian shrugged “Well, when you put it like that” He walked behind the captain, grabbed a handful of the captain’s long dark hair, and pulled his head back, hovering the lit end of the roll-up by his nose “Where?” Favian whispered

The captain said nothing

Favian pushed the roll-up inside the captain’s nostril The captain tried to ritted teeth Then let out a shriek

Favian let go “That’s the left hole” Favian threw the roll-up on the floor and lit another He repeated the process on the captain’s right nostril

When Favian had finished, the captain shook his head around and snorted, tears streaine how painful it must have been Just tell him what he wants to know

“I’ll do that again in a ht some matches and put them in all your holes—even the little one on the end of that shrivelled up thing in-between your legs I’ll start cutting bits off after that You won’t be going hungry cause you’ll be eating the lot”

“There is nothing you can do that they will not do, to me or my family, if I tell My faet nothing from me Do what you must to convince yourself of that”

“They, they, they ‘They’ is no good to me, is it? ‘They’ have a name A name you know” Favian reold-handled Vespen blade, just like Mara’s “Maybe I just skip to cutting bits off”

The captain looked at Mara “Look away, boy”

Favian slapped the captain’s head “Don’t you talk to hi he can?

?t see, and that just shot to the top of the list”

Favian cut the ropes that held the captain to the chair, leaving his wrists and ankles tied, and heaved him onto the table “Outside, boy”

As Mara closed the door behind him, he saw Favian’s trousers drop to the floor

When Mara was called back into the roo The captain was back on the chair, eyes fixed on the floor, sobbing and ainst the wall and blew out smoke, then flicked the roll-up at the side of the captain’s head, little orange sparks pinging into the air The captain didn’t react