Sunshine listens, and watches.



"I've met him. Javert, right?" she says, musing and muddled with painkillers, but solemn. This isn't a matter to take lightly. "He and I had... a discussion on kindness, and the righteousness of suffering."

His argument had not made sense to her.

"What are you hoping to accomplish by taking him to Wallachia? What sort of kindness do you think he would accept, and to what end?"