Chapter 82 - 82: Lieutenant Winchester’s Purge Begins

The four members of the "K" family returned to the brewery. Shiv gave a sharp rap on the Sanctum's heavy blast door, and Kian Voss emerged, drenched in sweat from his gravity training, wearing only a light tactical undershirt.

He swept his gaze over the newcomers. The transformation was exactly what he had expected. Gone was the high-born resentment and the "High-Cold" posturing. The visit to the Effluent Chute had stripped their ego bare. They stood with their muscles tensed, their posture corrected, looking like "Big-Girl" versions of death-worlders.

"It seems we can't skip the 'CG cutscenes' after all," Kian muttered. "One tour of the Sump and everyone suddenly finds their manners."

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