Wrong place; wrong time. Kings versus Specters. Nothing new these past few weeks, but no one ever expects to get caught in the middle of these things.
Were it not for the pressure that radiated to the back of their skull, they wouldn't even be sure they had anything held against their face at all. Their fingers tightened around the handkerchief as if to make sure it was still there. Silk, soaked through with blood; How were they going to wash that before returning it? Why does it even matter right now?

"You okay, kid?"

Even shaking, numb to everything around them, they know the question isn't about that. Yet the only words they could force out were, "... m-my eye..."

"... will be okay. I'll make sure of it."

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Ever wondered how Roach lost their eye?

While I'm not back to posting over here, I did want to stop by and say that the Cygnus site finally got it's character page update after months.
https://cygnusstation.crd.co/#characters


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