Bonesplinter Ravine danka seido

he sounds so genuine.
almost like he cares for his subordinates; perhaps he does, but equally so, he is a heavy-handed barbarian, and to cross him would be disastrous. of all that she has learned during this time with the saints, satsu finds this the most important - and the most telling trait of the man.
she wonders if his invitation to speak is a trick. her tongue feels heavy, her mind abuzz.
you broke that boy for nothing.
warmth flooded her cheeks as she stated this. heat burned at the back of her throat, hard to tell apart from the revulsion that she had hoped to stave off by keeping calm. satsu did not feel calm; she felt enraged.
what could he have done to warrant an execution? she wondered, the question itself rhetorical.
i could not stay and watch. not to see another life taken too young, made a spectacle, dishonored the way her brothers had been.