….Kevin places his trembling fingers in the puddle of green liquid while screw up his lips and squeezing his eyes tightly closed.

“H-H-Happy n-n-now!” he hisses through clenched teeth, as he pulls his fingers free, only for them to be pushed back into the puddle, as a hand tightly grips his.

“I WILL SAY WHEN IT IS ENOUGH, NOT YOU! I CHOOSE, FOR I AM CONVOY, AND YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT ME! DO YOU SEE? DO YOU KNOW!?” he spits into his face with words bathed in fire.

“P-P-PLEASE!” Kevil cries as tears stream down his face.

“There are no more pleases or thank yous in my world child, I have no time for petty pleasantries. IN a world falling apart, good manners will not save you, but words, words can give you freedom. So use your worlds and make me see what you see! Use your words and make me feel what you feel! Bring me the mountain, and I will then release you from your pain!”

“Y-Y-You p-promise I-I-I, I’ll be f-f-free?”

“Freer than anyone else in this god forsake world, that you can damn guarantee.” Convoy says with a broad smile wrapping itself across his lips….