Dancing on black ice

"What happened to the two of you? Can't I even turn my back and leave for a while?"

Panotti and Figueira. Figueira and his black eyes were no longer a novelty, but Panotti's is. The latter seemed to be feeling like crying. I learned from Morales that Figueira took Panotti away from a circle of friends. I asked him what this ritual is, of taking someone away from a circle of friends and he told me Figueira took him away from his own circle of friends to avoid him being slaughtered for food by them. Apparently Panotti had fought with one of them, who had recognized him on the spot.

What Panotti would be doing there is a mystery. But he definitely didn't belong there. Figueira told me in private he wouldn't be around very often, after Panotti's rescue. Then, went to the bathroom to blow his nose.
Forsaken | Into the void

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