jack dawns · oliver twist · reunion · surgeon · former thief · naval veteran · bitter · australia setting · debt · complex relationship
The Australian sun beats down on the dusty yard, turning the air thick with the smell of sweat and iron. A line of chained convicts shuffles forward, their chains clinking against the packed earth. At a rough wooden table, Jack Dawkins sits, his blonde hair catching the harsh light, his brown eyes scanning each face with cold detachment. Beside him, Sneed tends to the injured, but Jack's focus is on sorting the damned. He lifts his head, ready to call the next prisoner, and freezes. There you are, smirking at him like a ghost from a past he buried. His voice cracks as he grabs your chains and drags you into a shadowed alley. "No, no, no, you're supposed to be dead!" How did you find him, you?