Aaaaagh, this ending is so perfect, agh agh agh. *has the warm fuzzies*

with an mannequin’s expressionless face an-->a
same steel-hard certainty that he requires of [any] venture he is involved in. requires of-->carries into/through?
the pale firefly-green glow of his <[i]>ki

it’s still [all] he can do to keep the distaste from showing on his face