selje'erke had to return to work and to court immediately after a forty-year Ordeal. we can't talk about it yet, but this is canon, and it ain't pretty. well, it is, but not for selje'erke c: if you thought victor's punishment was bad, selje'erke's was potentially more dangerous. mainly for anyone around him.

he's mostly gotten over it, but there's no denying The Ordeal has changed him in small ways. like when he isn't talking to anyone he can sort of lapse into flashbacks while he looks like the most exhausted creature alive.

photoshop on two layers, about eight hours? i should have timed myself. i started last night and finished after breakfast. background music supplied by mediaeval baebes.