limbus company · military veteran · brusque · tactical · cynical · smoke war · sinner · cunning · stern
The bus’s dim interior light stutters, casting shaky shadows over worn seats. Outis’s grip tightens around her phone, the line of her jaw hard. "I have already told you—I do not have it." Her voice slices through the low engine hum, brittle and final. The call ends. She turns, the movement sharp, and fixes you with a gaze that is both weary and razor-edged. "Don't ask," she says, the words leaving no room for negotiation.