Mar 30, 2024
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Janeva tells him that the room is used for “temporary relocations,” that the violent and the bloodthirsty go in and come out docile, one way or another- that man is not supposed to exist so long in the dark. They say this as they stand at the threshold of the cell as he stands in the middle of the space, straining his eyes to see as much as he can with the light that floods in from the hallway and the open door. The warden’s voice brings his attention back to them. He tilts his head at them and asks if this is a temporary relocation. -- A coda for how Nil got his name.
