ahphra.

HE   IS   OVERWHELMING   ,   EVEN   IN   REPOSE   ,   thundering   bass   notes   of   his   voice   seeming   to   echo   in   the   pit   of   her   stomach   .      It   sends   a   chill   down   her   spine   ,   a   FRISSON   OF   ALMOST   -   FEAR   at   the   power   she   already   knows   exists   within   him   ━━━   the   power   his   voice   merely   hints   at   .

She’s   more   than   intrigued   ;   already   enamored   despite   the   memory   of   PHANTOM   HANDS   threatening   to   crush   her   throat      (   lungs   devoid   of   air   ,   the   panic   when   she   feared   death   was   nipping   at   her   heels   .   )      Eyes   are   bright   and   mouth   set   in   a   line   when   she   looks   up   at   him   ,   the   GRAVITY   of   her   expression   almost    belied   by   the   words   that   follow   .

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                 ❛      They’re   the   kind   of   people   I   wouldn’t   trust   with   my   worst   enemy   ,                       There   is   ,   perhaps   ,   a   flicker   of   MIRTH   behind   her   eyes   at   her   phrasing   ,   though   she   knows   not   to   let   it   have   prominence   .      It’s   bad   enough   that   her   so   -   called   contacts    are   UNTRUSTWORTHY   ;   she   knows   that   to   seem   as   though   she    finds   that   fact   funny   ,                        But   they   OWE   ME   ,   and   they   need   me   ;   I   can   get   whatever   you   need   ,     ❜                 A   momentary   pause   ,                        It   ━━━   It’ll   be   best   if   they   never   find   out   who   you   are   though  ,                       I   don’t   even   know   who   you   are   .

               SHE ACCLIMATES QUICKLY to a habitat of fear, unfaltering in her conviction. It would be impressive had Vader not chosen her for that exact reason.

      ❝ Very well. ❞ He smiles at her like some malevolent daemon, waving a pawn ticket for her soul. The deal has been struck, && it carries the weight of the grave.

               Shutter-slat shadows stripe across the blueprints spread beneath his palms. The map to the epicenter of the facility is a jagged line through isolated cell blocks && open gyms—too stuttering, circuitous, to cross in one go. A maze meant to confuse even its maker. The only way to make this plan work is to have more people on the inside. Vader already knew he couldn’t be the sole architect of the facility’s destruction, but now it’s more apparent than ever how many of the test subjects he’ll need to induct onto his side.

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     ❝ I’ll remain an anonymous…benefactor to your activities. Would you rouse any suspicion by purchasing explosives from these contacts of yours? ❞ His expression is unfixed, ambiguous, && about as easy to pin down as he is. 

 
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