That Eye You Can't Escape

by reminiscent-afterthought

[Alt-S1.5, drabble collection] It was impossible to get away from the eye of the Syndicate, and Hei had just been chasing a wild dream.

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That Eye You Can't Escape
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The Syndicate had already started moving towards them when Mao dropped back into their lives. Hei had been somewhat surprised; he'd thought the Syndicate would have disposed of the conscience when they disconnected him from his body – but they hadn't. As if they'd wanted to leave Hei with Mao once they stole Yin. Leave him with a generous consolation prize to show their benevolence.

Or it was the ultimate show of power: the proof that their pawns were many and infiltrated too deeply into the world. All of them were pawns: unwilling pawns ignorant until the end. Them meeting again was just another move on the chessboard.