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Pupils track you like a cornered animal trying to recognise the butcher.

The couple's faces, although half-erased, radiate pride and awe.

The lettering on the man's t-shirt, although barely legible, reads: '¡TODOS SOMOS NESTOR!'

No planned space for greenery either. No building was ever finished other than the silo itself.

A giant coup for Nestor himself, framed as a major win for his people.

Six months later: The clearing of the Pitol Tract began. Over 20,000 residents were displaced, never to be relocated.

PORTOFIRO COULD HAVE SHARED IN THE PEOPLE'S GLORY, HAD NESTOR NOT SPREAD-EAGLED FOR FOREIGN BANKERS.

The slight smile in her eyes fades as she takes in the little card.

Could have been anyone who killed him, she means.

Alive, then. But in what condition?

Still, it sickens you. One of yours. One of yours.

Of course you were the best. She had nothing to compare you to.

You once heard an old hand say that the tortured walk their own province.

If Karolina managed not to give them anything then the Weeping Eye will have taken a lot in return.

She doesn't know what to say. She let Karolina down, too.

She hates agreeing with you.

You try to imagine the casual workplace conversation of human traffickers. You fail.

She purses her lips in distaste.

Her voice a low hiss.

The shadows under her eyes deepen. She swallows.

Voice hollow. She's not trying to insult you, just telling the truth.

Too harrowed by the memory to dismiss the compliment outright.

Her husband clears his throat.

Counting the days to early retirement, coasting comfortably towards irrelevance.

So Eszti knew the Eye had Karolina but didn't try to help, didn't even visit afterward.

It strikes you that you are both rearranging yourselves as strangers.

This old bitch will never be gäng again.

She sends a worried look to the door. Pascal sits beyond.

Alone in her apartment, knife under her pillow. She dreads the sound of footsteps approaching her door -- until she learns to recognise his.

The spoils of working for EMTERR.

She sets her jaw, taking you in as if for the first time.

She hasn't seen us. We could still rün.

Here it comes...

Translation: You're talking guff, Wilk.

You hear someone laugh, loudly, on the roof above.

That was a threat.

Consider the fate of Operant NOTION, eviscerated by a rogue GentleNight-5000 in Western Hvârda. This asset has much to learn about modified euthanasia robotics.

And somewhere beyond them: the shores of La Luz.

His words uncertain, his bearing unsteady. Drunk, possibly high?

YOUR COUNTER-OFFER IS THIS: A BULLET TO HIS REACTIONARY SKULL.

As he attempts to straighten himself, he lists to one side like a wounded battle-cruiser.

He could pass for a simple drunk, waiting around for his off-licence to open.

A top-heavy piece, just waiting to be flicked off the board.

A distant look comes over him as he sways to and fro, one foot in the present, one in the memory.

He seems to be perplexed by his own question.

Unfortunately, he's right.

Seeing something beyond, or absent from, his immediate surroundings.

This old fool just wants to live. He's just trying to get under your skin.

A rustling sound, like a bag of dry leaves.

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