Ankyra Sound into the rainbow vein

huddled there with wrackling sobs, it was hard to resent the boy -- unless you were some frigid harpy like caiaphas. as he choked out a sob, she remained unblinking -- though the news he was tegan's brother was received with surprise that was quickly disguised. 

how proliferate the blackthorns seemed -- or maybe, the world was just restrictively small. 

"i lived with the redhawks." caiaphas shared, electing then to go for partial truths - what harm could it do, sharing gossip with a sniveling boy? then she stepped back, as if releasing the heavy tension that constricted the two of them. "and -- you are in what is called rusalka -- or ankyra sound, to some."