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Does no mercy go unpunished?
Until then, my noble foe, per aspera ad astra.”
With Cassius armored and ready beside me, I feel infused with the luck of House Mars, sixteen again and preparing to steal the enemy standard.
“I love you, little one. Be brave for Virginia. She has the beans now.” He stands and hands me his pack of jellybeans.
She told me to tell you something.” He smiles. “Do not worry for her. Pity them.”
killer line
Victra’s eyes are bloodshot and feral but when she sees me she calls out: “My Sovereign! I bring tidings from Sector One. Also known as…” “The asshole of the worlds!” the legion shouts. “And gifts. Cicero au Votum.” She thrusts forward Cicero on the end of a leash and holds up a rotted head. “And Ajax au Grimmus. The rest of him couldn’t make it.”
Atlas’s Violet carver examines his freshly implanted eyes with a large monocle. She pulls back and smiles down at him in worship. “The ocular nerves are tethered and your dendrites fully rewoven, dominus. But they won’t familiarize for several hours. Avoid bright lights and holoscreens. Don’t fret about the fog on your periphery. Your vision will clear by cycle’s end. It won’t be as bad as the last time.” The last time?
He juts a finger after Cassius. “Liability.” He points at me. “Drowning man.” “So what’s that make you?” I ask. “Goblin.”
“You’ve killed your nieces, your nephews, your sister-in-law, and I don’t imagine Vela will survive Orpheus…so why is Gaia alive?” Fá and Atlas exchange a look of amusement. Fá laughs. “Really, Dominus Lune. What kind of monster would kill his own mother?”
