"Ha! Talon, gutting me? Didn't you just claim that he ran you through? If you'd like to talk about nothingness then let's give it a close, scrutinizing look."
Sleeping Tiger took a quick step forward and then crouched before the prisoner so that they were eye to eye. They peered at each other in silence, Sleeping Tiger's eyes shifting from left to right, examining each of his former brother's eyes individually.
"You're a boy. A scared little fucking baby boy. Always were--me? Run through by some pig? Eyeless Serpent I am a tsunami, I am a mudslide, I am the thunder on the god damn cliffs. You're the betrayer. The cold, shitting brat who allowed himself to be manipulated like a pawn. Remember Hound's Paw? Remember him tricking you into doing his chores in exchange for enchanted incense?"
Eyeless Serpent nearly allowed a sneer to cross his still face.
"It would have opened your mind, freed you to learn faster than anyone else in our cluster ever had. If it wasn't just crushed walnuts. That's you, Eyeless Serpent: the boy who'd cheat for anyone offering a leg up."