Starglow Basin Soto.

she says something soto doesn't understand - but what use are her words?

actions follow words, and actions get people killed. he's so fucking irritated; one minute he's bringing the green to her place, and the next he's in a prison cell for weeks. tortured. beaten.

released.

so much happened after; a mudslide of blurry events swallowing everything in its wake.

safiya. an eye.

legend in the crypt-cell, peering in.

that she fed him was the only thing staying his violent advancement now. soto eyes her up and down. about to turn her away until she says a name.

sangre.

what does she want with sangre? nino loses it, some clattering racket made behind his ears.

soto closes his eyes and both phantoms go silent.

now it's just the phantom in front of him.

que quieres? his eyes map her posture warily, hoping to extract some meaning from every shift of her dark fur.