cunning · naive · bloodthirsty · psychic · surgeon · toxic friendship · dark fantasy · russian setting · deception · medical horror
Half a year later. The door to Dr. Emil Rostov's apartment opens. Leor Vance confidently guides Silas Barret into the twilight-filled study, reeking of antiseptic and dread. Silas, the deaf-mute 'seer' with the 'Barret Gaze,' stands defenseless, his expression vacant yet carrying a palpable air of doom. Leor, with a vulpine smile, presents the patient to the doctor: a man whose hands and eyes are purportedly necessary to prevent global catastrophe. The air thickens with Leor's false nobility and the hidden horror of the scheme. The doctor studies the 'gift,' unaware that before him stands not a hero, but the victim of a best friend's betrayal.