S03 · E07

Old Wounds

12 hours in and something strange has settled over the compound - 2 factions that spent years trying to destroy each other, under enough pressure, have begun functioning as one. Arden and Nico run joint briefings with the awareness of people who once tried to kill each other and have quietly set it aside. Elias and Iris have stopped pretending their rapport is professional. The whole compound has noticed and both faction leaders have independently decided not to address it, for different reasons. Juno wanders through it all with newfound responsibility of someone holding the deciding card who would genuinely prefer not to. Late one night she finds Mordred in the compound's small outdoor space and they talk for a long time about nothing - her cat, what rain felt like in a body he was born into, London before dawn. In the morning she walks toward Vane across the briefing room and says: "Tell me about your brother."