The city of Kethrys, Imperial designation Cloudspire, is a scabbed over wound left on Iruvia from the Imperium's bolder days. Before the costly Unity War with Skovlan, it was the Immortal Emperor's belief that even sovereign Iruvia would eventually bend to his might as humanity's steward. An entire generation were worked into their graves, killed by Imperial Agents, or sent to die in the decades-long civil war; leaving behind the shell of a city populated by the children they left behind. Andrel is offered an out. Pippin gets to keep ignoring things. Drix sees some rats.
Content Warning for Thalassaphobia from ~54:00 to ~55:35, Andrel has less air than she thinks underwater but doesn't drown.
Ghost Lines by John Harper. Music by Sebastian Black. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
You can listen to Sebastian's single "Might As Well Be Me" here. It's not new and Sebastian doesn't charge for it, but you all get to hear what his voice sounds like so that's neat.