/December 28th, 2025
Cold floor under you. Iron bars before you. Gold hair on white skirts on hard ground.
Your legs shake, your fingers numb. You can smell flowers. Hear leaves rustling.
"...the Smith and Wesson M'n'P15S is a semi-automatic rifle that shoots .223 Remington ammunition..."
A flash of blue-and-green.
"...on average, this round has a muzzle velocity of 3,220 fps rifle rounds..."
A creak of bowstring.
"...weighing 6.63 pounds unloaded, with a barrel length of 16 inches and an overall length of 35 inches, this gun is relatively small for a .223 Remington rifle..."
The smell of cat hair and ozone.
Sinon standing next to you listing gun specs, corridor of ice behind her, cat ears flat to her head as she glares at the woman in the cage in front of you.
You grip her coattail tight and when her eyes meet yours, you smile.
