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    Zarys grunted disdainfully at Rugan and spat into Astarion’s cage as she strode by. She seemed entirely uninterested in him, far more interested in the bear’s accommodations. “Pen’s ready for the bear?”

    “Yes,” Rugan answered dryly. Astarion’s practiced ear could catch the faintest hint of disgusted hatred in his tone. The man hid it well, under nuanced layers of carefully crafted respect, as false as it was perfect.

    Zarys scowled at him fiercely, her lip curling in a disdain she did not bother to hide. “Then fucking open it!”

    Cautiously, Astarion cracked an eye open and watched as the bear was inched past him, the massive creature fouled with blood and unconscious, head lolling limply on a boneless neck, pink tongue hanging out past sharp, useless teeth.

    Useless, for they were trapped behind an iron muzzle, the goblin-crafted contraption locked cruelly around the beast’s face, locked by jagged metal straps to an equally savage iron collar fastened around the thick, furry neck.

    Gods… Astarion found himself staring, realizing the blood coating the beast was goblin blood. You gave as good as you got, didn’t you?

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