For a moment, it feels like perhaps he could manage to give Inej more than the broken shell of a man too damaged to function correctly.
But when the mark of a year since Inej left Ketterdam comes and goes, and there's still no sign of the Wraith on the horizon, no hint that Fifth Harbor will ever welcome its pirate Captain again, Kaz begins to suspect that berth twenty-two will remain forever empty. And it's not like he has been harboring hope, not really, but a part of him wonders what all of this is for. When his revenge is no longer part of his everyday plans and Inej has long since left, what is he fighting for now?
In the time the Wraith spends away, Kaz struggles to find his new purpose and what life means outside of his revenge. Unbeknownst to him, none of his Crows are ready to give up on him just yet.
lil kanej sketch for y'all ✨ just so you know I'll be continuing inktober (which is just me drawing whatever SoC related thing I want on a somewhat consistent schedule posting every few days) for as long as I want, so buckle up for more novembre art~