Luneshale Pass pantano

industrious niño has a new friend. 

@Nokht. 

soto’s still in recovery. but he’s curious. his cuts have scabbed over, but the scars on his face and eye are here to stay. reminders of his time in the dungeon. 

reminders of his pending vengeance, too. 

soto stops at the marble slab where the boy’s kept. he wonders if this is safiya’s sibling. 

but even then that connection won’t save him, if soto’s in a bad enough mood. 

the only thing is, he can’t decide which sends a better message. 

a dead boy — that’s a pretty strongly worded letter to the capital. fuck you, it says. nothing’s sacred, it screams in bold script. 

soto used to think children were to be protected at all costs. in khusobek’s hands, that world view's changed. the captain indirectly sowed his worse fear the day he took soto captive.

now, it's soto's life mission to show the captain just how unspeakably evil he can be. give him a true reason to fear for all those he loves.