The mask is secure once more, but Shen Wei finds himself wishing it was far from here. There's only ever been hatred for him behind this mask, one that had confused him for most of his long life, and he wants to see the man beneath it now.

"Come," he says, turning to lead them from the little hospital. He doesn't know the city yet, but he recalls that the gardens in Odinhaus had seemed quiet as he passed them. "I will show you the words scarred into my own skin."