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But there’s another sound before the darkness swallows me. [...]Ares—terrorist lord of the underworld, howls like a wolf as he carries me to safe harbor.

(Deleted major spoiler, thus the [...], but holy fuck im gonna lose my mind)

OH MY GOD I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING HOLY SHIT

“Sevro scared the piss out of me. I wasn’t looking at what he was wearing,” Roque replies, drawing laughs. “I thought he’d been bitten by a squirrel and contracted rabies somehow.”
“Roque?” Sevro calls sweetly.
“Sevro.”
“Hello.”
“Hello?”
"Next time I see you, I’m going to bite you.”
“I must go.” Roque’s light laughter fades. “We’re engaging the main enemy element.”

"Sevro scared the piss out of me. I wasn’t looking at what he was wearing,” Roque replies, drawing laughs. “I thought he’d been bitten by a squirrel and contracted rabies somehow.”
“Roque?” Sevro calls sweetly.
“Sevro.”
"Hello.”
“Hello?”
“Next time I see you, I’m going to bite you.”
“I must go.” Roque’s light laughter fades. “We’re engaging the main enemy element.”

Chapter 37 is just titled "War" 🫡

“Men can change. Sometimes they have to fall. Sometimes they have to leap.” I pat [Lorn's] knee and gain my feet. “Before you die, you’ll realize it was a mistake to kill Tactus, because you never gave him the chance to believe he was a good man.”

(Any time I start to feel bad about tactus, I remember he tried to rape someone in the institute and stop feeling bad. Sorry, not sorry.)

[Servo is] loitering around Pliny’s eyeball some twenty meters back. We turn to look at him and he shuffles his feet awkwardly.
“Can I …” He gestures to it.
“What?” Mustang asks.
“Can I have it?”
Mustang squints at him. “All yours.”
He scoops up the eyeball and jams it into his pocket, grinning merrily. He runs to catch up. “Collecting the set, hopefully."

(Sevro, you feral little goblin, love you)

Twenty new recruits have come from the families of the Howlers and the Telemanus ranks. Sevro held tryouts. I hear it was a bloody bit of fun. Snakes, alcohol, and mushrooms were involved. That’s all they let me know.

Daxo sets a hand on my shoulder. “The girls—my sisters and mother, I mean—wanted you to know that we do not hold you accountable for Pax’s death. We loved that little boy, and we know you only ever mean him honors. We know you named your ship for him. And will not forget it. Once friends, always friends. That is our family’s way.”

(I miss Pax 😭)