An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astrid Beck/Essek Thelyss, Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast, Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
39: no light anywhere and nothing left to burn
THE EXPOSITOR The powerful reside in secrecy, Their institutions work without constraint. They breed corruption. If you kill him now, It looks like just another violent act Without recourse. If we expose him, he Is raked across the coals of public court.
THE SAILOR Now, I think you should kill him—but, I doubt You care. I think you care what he thinks, though.
THE EXPOSITOR Do not make him the hero of your tale. Do not make him the hero of your tale.