[=[ Trigger Warning: A pinch of brutal imagery, descriptions and implications of torture, body horror. Skip Aventine's vivid POV (this entire chapter) at the first hint of discomfort. ]=]
—[ H̸͎̰͓̝̮̯̊̊̒̐̌̎̑̚e̶̡̝͖͙̜͕̗̼͛͛̾̎̆͘l̴̜̘̘̪̗͉̻͕̈́̈̓͗̉̽̆̚͝l̶̛̳̘͙̮͉͐̈́̅̈́͋̔̚͝ͅǫ̷̭̻̫̞̣̟͖͓̉̆̔͂͛͝,̷̢̛̛̺̺͈̜̲͉̀̾͛͋͘͘ ̶̛̠̍̇͆͊́̿͠m̴̛̻̘̥̹̽̀̈́̉̑̄̋̾̕y̴̡̮̙͒̃̈͋͆̽̈́ ̶̢̬̟̩̥̓̓͑͑̄̀̈d̴̛̬̩̭̙̥̗̆͆͠e̵̡̢͇̤̣̻̱͂̎̔͗̂͛̚͘͜a̵̮̿͂̓̇̈́́̈́͝r̵̢̺̻͇͔͉̟̻̓̎͆̍̕̚͝,̶̟̜̹͓̒̈́̔̒̓͑̄̕ ̶̡̛̻͌̈́̋̃̇͐̕͝d̶̨͇͚͙͕̩͇͚̩̠̈͑̓a̶͎͓̒̽̕r̷̩̻̫̦͆l̵̜͕̖͕̝̟̏̆̀i̶̡̦̣̻̼̳̻̤͔̾̀̉͗ņ̴͓͖̞̟̥̖̯̯͆̕͜ģ̷̨̛̪̗̹̳̟̮̊͛̅̅̓̈́͝͝ ̵̢̡̹̱̻̱̭̬͗̇͜s̵̛̺͓̊͑̌͂ȏ̴̼̩͍͎̹̲̒̿̇͗͆͊̈́͗̍n̸̨̳͓̤͓͇̙̭͍͉̍́̏̊͗̇̀͒̓̀.̷̞͚̦̖̖͔̭̒͜ ]
I heard what garbled words were being whispered into Taylor's ears just then.
