Prelude to the Cutting of Iman’s Spine

6.9.21

Did they find us murderers rightly
or is there some nuantic truth
that shuttles us away
from that group of humanity’s reviled?

I feel as if my spine crusts
with cold salt
every time I see blood now.

Surely that affliction would not
plague a true murderer.

I have to be something different.

We had a mission given to us.

-Iman soldier after raiding the unguarded encampment of The Sever as they were out on a job. This before The Sever retaliated in what became known as The Cutting of Iman’s Spine. Iman did not move against The Sever again for a long time and when they did, it was driven by an outsider with connections who had a vendetta against The Sever.