Thompson has spent his life mistaking privilege for armor. In the Unionfold, his name carries weight. His money carries more. There are rules for ordinary men, and then there are rules for men like him. Thompson has always known the difference. Until the day the difference stops mattering. What follows is not justice. Not mercy. Not punishment as he understands it. Only the slow discovery that a man can lose everything long before he dies.
Thompson has spent his life mistaking privilege for armor. In the Unionfold, his name carries weight. His money carries more. There are rules for ordinary men, and then there are rules for men like him. Thompson has always known the difference. Until the day the difference stops mattering. What follows is not justice. Not mercy. Not punishment as he understands it. Only the slow discovery that a man can lose everything long before he dies.