Starglow Basin basura

it is sealed. soto has sent a fox into the hen's house. she does not need to show her teeth for soto to know she vows to put them to good use.

he hopes for nokht his passing is peaceful -- and it is then a dark thought jostles to the forefront. it's the jaguar, with his bristling insistence that softness is a feminine trait.

he is a man, the jaguar reminds him.

soto watches la guera make herself familiar with the captive's quarters, and thinks he's never seen something so malevolently beautiful.