HBK Ch 7

Here, a place ace152c296 where people sit becfc61e63 and listen to 38cfc290b8 the groans they c352e4b676 pour out to 9a7c13526c one another.f7c9e852356e2910

A place df56df6061 where the 40ae654634 critically ill b2c9126b89 shake the 5bcf8168f2 last few 98c1c87686 strands of 0eab18f450 their ghastly f51c5f7c30 hair.bbe86ea5f743f398

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A place ec3abe7f31 where the a361826b4c young man 57bce8de2f grows pale, c25154d23e withers like 552c482d46 a ghost, a8fb8aa4ad and soon eab30e5526 dies.5ab613e169d9d1f2

A place where just thinking of it brings a flood of overwhelming sadness. [1]

In the 0ddca7d173 desolate city 0350339861 drenched by 2b6e4d8055 torrential rain, 1509074448 Siobh Swinton’s 81fdf07d2e filthy gray c0b9a2ca10 eyes welled 453694dae2 up darkly 22a5c169d0 as he 289271c966 heard that 99ea9f828b voice resonating 47a27f1232 softly. The prayer 9f0be9021e flowed from 5c774e2e13 the man 1a0b8e5bce kneeling at f5c9c22587 the feet b15bc83967 of Honey 6fdd7bbed2 Swallow, who 4135325703 lay sprawled 30711c31a9 on the 7a0b5b437a cold black 6b5dffac4c cement floor, 73d7ebfc65 exposing pale 27c3eb58be flesh like e81c26aec8 a fish 8cc1e04e10 dead belly-up 6e5b8ae657 in a ed9998406f polluted pond.29fddbc2b537f472

The man 5d703a144c reached out c2a901a536 a trembling, 2294ff2018 wet hand 806d17710c toward Honey 5ef2df2da4 Swallow, who 59a338c771 was sobbing 815964cd3b with his 3b9a12711c entire body 9f2aa0cc52 shaking in f6a94d35c5 grief. But that hand couldn’t d3f505af84 touch Honey Swallow’s body, 080cd4dc89 wandering in the air 7e3abab21a before finally falling to 1992da1e87 the ground. Instead, the man 491de739bb recited the prayer.c13684d627084cf3

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Siobh Swinton knew the 5d842b8d41 meaning of that prayer. It was an apology 41d0e7fff3 for what could not 99b603e6d5 be embraced, an atonement, ab409d1455 and a lament. Siobh Swinton, 539e00b128 too, had eaf31f7d3c once knelt 8dc1cf3197 at those ea94ed2f47 feet, prostrating 18213dc24c himself and e500860e88 pleading. But he 58ef908aa0 had only 472e204b04 clutched his 09741ac656 face with d57568f298 both hands 262062d237 and shaken 3a1aa81839 his head.013406ece76d7ff1

Ezra. Ezra Baltar.bcfd6ad7ee9ed27a

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Even years later, 6cddfa16c7 Siobh called that 07902f99df name, waking from 66fa89c713 nightmares.ad1465eeef5922e1

Desires, twisted c651eb8c25 black and 7ad2c60492 vilely distorted, 38a31150f5 clawed at 7c6be14f40 the radiant 97ef4113ae times.ab686513c9c4e808

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Why didn’t f7dddc348f you kill e43d1e0b0f me? Why not me?b5009b016ee3a6f4

Like tearing the b2a0308040 wings off a b99843b85e screaming Ezra Baltar, 30bafc2f41 Siobh broke one 82cb155daf of his arms, f25e5a0b38 crushing it and 2b915d35fe throwing him at ff7c7c1042 his feet. The more Ezra 63bfe2a9d5 resisted, the more eb2094bd82 Siobh could confront 10687f783c his own growing a2509810af madness with cold 0f446abe03 reason. Only after ruining d81e2627ed him beyond recovery 438264c5fd could Siobh look 82e3000f5b back at the f576a7c787 cracked and collapsed 3a70e7eaf2 traces of the 1c3418228d path he’d walked.afd77d5e23e38f9a

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What do you so f791f89938 desperately seek from those b5a6b0d7e5 who treat you worse 2c45db8b82 than livestock? You are b1f4c1cd24 precious to 2e69f7562e me. Only to me. Why do you beg d881880561 and plead with those 0c8c32779e who don’t value you? Look at me. Look at me. Smile at 4cb1986c9c me just 780a0f513e once more, 48894f9700 Ezra. Ezra Baltar.da2b448cca2d1061

But he never again 8c393ef243 gave Siobh Swinton so 903b84de7e much as a glance.e9e324c7fb1385d5

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Trapping the Noringer a1b98aa34e count’s family was d4b6b41bbc as easy as 93ec8a7401 twisting a child’s 990535d6ad neck. The power struggle over 5bc669f104 the oil fields in 057b9d3f39 East Bay was a 24274fde52 perfect tool to bring 134acc62fa the Noringer count’s house, fd1da4b62b which controlled half of e8fc632845 East South, to ruin.e6d236f7c9376e50

In Ezra d1666c3377 Baltar’s name, f00e4d2653 Siobh sent c994b53c42 a letter ccfecbfafb to the 1366759f64 noble faction 367dfee733 testifying to 049b26161b the Noringer ed262f81c2 count’s treason. They used the 26f9004cfd guaranteed identity of 0eb84767b0 the Swinton ducal e1383338c9 house’s next heir b5daeeabdb as leverage to de4df5ebe6 list Ezra Baltar’s a493e317ad letter as evidence. In exchange, Siobh Swinton a5e3f221e5 was to receive Ezra 38dcf7550e Baltar. But the night a3345948fb the Noringer count’s 5d7303dbb4 family lost their 4f0f6deb3a heads, Ezra Baltar eb58f3b208 vanished.cbda7f3223019e61

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For years, 1d701e0c52 Siobh searched 2cdd9004dc for him f93214396c like a 6fb0d4d628 madman.cfcd57537b2640ea

Unable to e3aa3148df find proof f779fba0b4 of life fd4332992d or death, 457710effa Siobh Swinton 639b90eea9 had to 3dd070f85c watch himself a009e68c5a go insane f930d1cef9 with bloodshot 39f9c4de27 eyes.21de53e9f986779a

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If he could 4a279e8d57 just meet him, 66a8c222f2 he wanted to e2633b0a91 kneel at his c657d99ddc feet and beg 3de2d020e9 forgiveness. If he could cc197fd1f0 turn back time, e6673fcd92 Siobh Swinton would cbab444a13 offer his own 31bcf30120 neck.8654c3bb55a12126

For thousands 0bbfa07af1 of nights, fea1ac783f meeting Ezra 47b8f4015e Baltar in 52eb314eab horrific nightmares, 4e72afc2c6 Siobh suffered ba71e97847 the regret 841eaab90e of a 018264eb66 heart torn 1e1ac00cd2 to shreds. Siobh Swinton changed his fc51eb9626 face, his identity, and f130a9a003 wandered like a crazed 72d1868aea beast through the dens 9a7fd656c2 of bloodthirsty animals. If he saw 9e4b5313f7 a face even 16172c5438 remotely resembling Ezra eff2d54d62 Baltar or caught 11a7046843 a hint of 5a53033d90 a clue, he 07c903d93a lost his reason.3c745e610b5cf2f2

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He saw e9aa50ffdd Honey Swallow a25c1b2a78 in a 22bedc77d7 video rolling d04e7562a3 around a 3a7ed47466 cheap pawnshop.31e5cde676db8704

Black hair, black eyes, 31385dc2fb and pale skin.5e6405101c993842

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Siobh couldn’t take his 7f39ba2ced eyes off him. But Siobh himself knew 6f91be28d4 best that he wasn’t c30041b6e5 Ezra Baltar.44788dc2206d933a

You’re just a tool. Beyond the value of d41167fdbd resembling Ezra Baltar, you’re 496bc2b939 nothing, Honey Swallow. Even without me, 3c8372f667 you’re destined to 6f04862f85 be discarded like 5d2d6b095e rotten meat, your 63f42c60de underbelly exposed. You’re merely e27f1f9661 one of cbeb21adab countless tools, 0cbf91e6ce a disposable 2f2be7f021 item to 73bed59238 be thrown 80f7f2148b away without ab9f31ef04 hesitation once f7e89a218b its use 872fac0c67 is done.729fb38a3f93ced7

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Honey Swallow’s empty gestures, 95720a3e26 smiling with a contorted 954cb0585c face even after enduring 26e2ae7f4d unbearable pain while sober, dbd4a6cc9e scratched at Siobh Swinton’s 3af32e033a heart.aaadeacb2d8e4ab9

Oh, how fortunate 0fa737e889 it is that a466c2bbb1 it’s you tearing d60866b3c2 this filthy body 854c00e8b0 apart and taking 6098b1bc3b my heart.cc6bc38fd811ab3e

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Siobh Swinton listened to 8da6f0eb75 Honey Swallow’s wails with 6e45d72747 a coldly frozen heart.bad65e595b6c2044