Redsand Canyon Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse

The boy had started the day with his usual routine: a run, followed by a quick patrol, before breakfast. He needed to feel as if he had earned it or Glaukos didn't right about eating. This wasn't something he let others know about him - but given that Kallik had Aquene, Tamar had Arsenio, and Germanicus was busy with his many duties or his husbandly ones, Glaukos had no one to tell in the first place.

He came to the sparring grounds after taking a long detour of the territory, seeking any sign of trespassers or prey to hunt, of which he found little sign of either. When he entered the sparse arena he thought of running laps - then settled on watching a swallowtail bird flit by.

How envious he felt in that moment, seeing how free the bird seemed.