[ Is he a villain? John snorts at that, glowering over at Kolya. He remembers --
Remembers shouting at Kolya over the chaos of a storm as he threatened to kill Elizabeth and Rodney.
Remembers laying on the floor of the cell Kolya put him in, remembers being convinced he was going to die there -- being tortured until he was nearly as much of a husk as Sumner had been. Ordering Elizabeth to leave him there. ]
Oh, he's a villain alright.
[ There's something dark and angry in John's voice, being Kolya had crossed too many lines he couldn't forgive. John understands mercy, but not when you hurt his people. Not when you do it repeatedly.
Still, he studies Kolya a long moment before turning to Prior again and something nags. Something about Prior hasn't fit here from the beginning, but the more he dwells on it the more wrong it feels. He prowls over to him slowly, curious frown in place. ]
Why are you here?
[ He's asked it before, but he's asking again. Everything else is slowly fading, but Prior isn't. ]
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Remembers shouting at Kolya over the chaos of a storm as he threatened to kill Elizabeth and Rodney.
Remembers laying on the floor of the cell Kolya put him in, remembers being convinced he was going to die there -- being tortured until he was nearly as much of a husk as Sumner had been. Ordering Elizabeth to leave him there. ]
Oh, he's a villain alright.
[ There's something dark and angry in John's voice, being Kolya had crossed too many lines he couldn't forgive. John understands mercy, but not when you hurt his people. Not when you do it repeatedly.
Still, he studies Kolya a long moment before turning to Prior again and something nags. Something about Prior hasn't fit here from the beginning, but the more he dwells on it the more wrong it feels. He prowls over to him slowly, curious frown in place. ]
Why are you here?
[ He's asked it before, but he's asking again. Everything else is slowly fading, but Prior isn't. ]