have i said that i think essek planted that shiv on the volstrucker girl that caleb talked to in the dungeon of penance because i truly deeply believe that he did that. veth saw that essek was nervous. how the fuck would a handcuffed and top-priority prisoner have gotten out of her cuffs and more impossibly, somehow gotten ahold of a shiv. in the Top Priority Dangerous Violent Prisoner section of the dungeon. ain't no way she did that on her own. he wanted that guy dead. the m9 knew too much and as far as he know caleb was the most dangerous piece on the board in discovering him. he specifically was getting too close to essek. i don't think that essek was actually falling for him in the love way but i do think he recognized that he was getting attached to someone who had a fuckign history as a volstrucker and wanted to take down the people that essek was actively working with. he tried to kill that guy fr
like essek 100% had the clearance to go in there alone and be like "hey you're dead but do you wanna go out with a bang? to kill a traitor?" and she 100% was willing to take him up on that. i know it in my heart