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And here we are - the very last thing that'll bear the title 'RESCUE HOUND'. I've referred to it previous as an epilogue or a side story, but since neither of those are quite right (Ch. 11 is really the epilogue, and this takes place afterwards rather than in parallel) I'm settling on the appellation 'Afterthought' - and yes, the cruelty is the point :)

Some time after the events of RESCUE HOUND, Leinth reflects on her time apart from Sartha and the resulting dynamics, and is then properly introduced to Kione Monax - who makes the hierarchy between them painfully clear in her own, awful way

Certainly not the most narratively significant episode of WARHOUND, but I had a lot of people asking about Leinth and I realized there could be a fun little story there, involving putting her in a room with post-corruption Kione. Sorry Leinth

Enjoy! And now begins (for me, anyway) the big edit

Comments

Valmire

It’s fascinating to see the actual method the handlers use. Because this actually gives a solid description of what’s actually occurring. Literal neuro-ablation, literally using lights and senses to target and cause selective brain damage in the targets because Leinth is being shown here as basically having undergone some amount of almost dementia or Alzheimer’s from how the whole confusions in. It’s an absolute hell for someone going through this unwillingly. They’re *burning out* connections while rebuilding them under the effects of seratonin and hormone moderators. The Hound in WARHOUND i think is almost a full hemispheric schism of the brain. Doing it to someone *unwilling* as relatively quickly as they do in WARHOUND is a directly destructive process. Watching Leinth here feels like watching someone abusing someone with a disability. Leinth’s brain has literally physically and chemically been changed to the point that her mind has trouble making the connections it thinks it has.

Fern 🌿

This feels like a victory lap. Not just for Kione (though, god, what a perfectly infuriating victory lap hers is) but for the WARHOUND concept as a whole. It's so amazingly fleshed out here, from the internal struggle to forget information as soon as it's told to her to the immediate flip from hate to reverence. If anything could confirm that Leinth is just as permanently lost as Sartha is, it's this. And- goddddd, being able to put myself in Lenith's shoes made me so utterly feral. I've been exploring the concept of unfair treatment in a dynamic as a way to deepen it (because accepting fair treatment is easy. accepting unfair treatment is the real test) so this drove me up a wall in the best way LMAO. Kione's position feels so completely undeserved because of the cockiness and the lingering insecurity it's maskng. It feels even worse that it's so obvious how much she's relishing it. I want to scatter her entrails. I want to devote myself to her. I'm going insane.

Helena

Leinth as a character is everything to me!!! I love her so much! And to get one last little treat by giving her with Kione?! Thank you so much Kallie!! I still vividly remember how crazy I felt reading the moment Handler had the realization/idea and hit Leinth with "I forgive you", it crashed on me like a brick wall.

Tumble Weed

"Post-corruption Kione" oh my godddd I love it. Reading Leinth get scrambled in real time was indescribable. And I absolutely adored the little nod to Amynta!! Each hound having their own tailored breaking makes the process so deeply fascinating. Getting that little hint of what she's becoming is driving me absolutely feral. I'd kill to be a fly on the wall of her kennel!

Latebakr

oh my god i love this. i love the conditioning to forget and more than anything her need for forgiveness, its a perfect cherry on top it speaks to me deeply. thank you <3