tally (смешанная)

The courts chose mercy over vengeance. Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley do not. No forgiveness, no redemption, no absolution. Only the cold arithmetic of grief, carved letter by letter into flesh.
Or: When Narcissa Malfoy answers the door one night at the Manor, she finds herself judged by different laws and receives a reckoning she will wear for the rest of her life.
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Prompt: “An eye for an eye”. Light side war trauma, Narcissa pays with her skin.