Redsand Canyon vultus

germanicus was silent all through the binding. he did not flinch. he did not pull away.

fennec worked.

and all the scathing words of arsenio returned to him; arsenio, the man he had loved most as closest companion.

germanicus was silent, but his face grew wet with the first tears he had shed in a long while.

his shoulders did not shake; he stared straight ahead while his wife mended his unworthy flesh.