As executions in Neth went, this would be a quick and merciful one, hardly on par with the torturous ends so many suspected Vants had been subjected to over the last several days. The city square in front of the castle, where the four immolations had recently been carried out, had become marsh like as the day’s rain had turned the frozen earth into slippery mud but the mud had not prevented the erection of the execution platform upon which Zerio now stood. He did not want to be here. Everywhere he could see, street-heads and alleys, open windows and doorways, were filled with faces come to watch the death of this one man.
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Date: 2021-01-01 08:22 pm (UTC)He did not want to be here. Everywhere he could see, street-heads and alleys, open windows and doorways, were filled with faces come to watch the death of this one man.