Mon Coryphée, Interlude I-II

Intermediary one-shot between Books I and II of Mon Coryphée. Intensity begins to lull. Tears are cleared away, but the pain in Shadow's heart never truly fades. Recovering from the aftershocks with Scourge and Silver, Wilhelmshaven's Spring Semester continues. But, unfortunately, it begins with an all-too-looming threat: Shadow's father. :SONADOW: "Without your aegis, I'm..."