It was as much a judgment as Sasuke needed, spine curving in shame.
"I sealed them," he whispered, then cleared his throat and tried again, voice still unsteady. "I sealed them. The family, the staff ... the house was isolated, they were obviously protecting themselves from something. They're all --"
As good as dead, the part of him he'd been ignoring until now told him, the part that was all terrible reason. They'd looked dead when he'd moved them into the house's underground storeroom, sealing that trapdoor in turn and rigging it to explode if opened. Bad enough was that, but there was the sense-memory of paralyzed bodies, the reek of fear.
"All five senses," he said finally. "The spine. I -- I used interrogation-level versions of my seals."
no subject
"I sealed them," he whispered, then cleared his throat and tried again, voice still unsteady. "I sealed them. The family, the staff ... the house was isolated, they were obviously protecting themselves from something. They're all --"
As good as dead, the part of him he'd been ignoring until now told him, the part that was all terrible reason. They'd looked dead when he'd moved them into the house's underground storeroom, sealing that trapdoor in turn and rigging it to explode if opened. Bad enough was that, but there was the sense-memory of paralyzed bodies, the reek of fear.
"All five senses," he said finally. "The spine. I -- I used interrogation-level versions of my seals."
On civilians.