Chapter 143: An Eye for An Eye

=== Summary ===
Garrus arrives on Invictus to back up the Androktasiai Squad. They spot their target and are forced to split up to track Khonine’s implant in one location, the Marquis’ ship in another, and the Marquis heading to a safe house at a third. The sub-dermal implant has been removed and left in a dead šeros. Solana is forced to confront the Marquis alone in his safehouse or risk losing him, and his hostage, entirely. Solana takes the chance, only to discover the Marquis waiting for her. The two struggle in violent close-quarters combat as he draws Solana deeper into his den. She chases him through his underground lair into a hidden ship as the airlock slides shut behind her. Solana is hard pressed, and doesn’t hesitate when the Marquis stumbles to gut-check him and gouges out his eye. The Marquis escapes her grip and locks her in the room, and proceeds to vent the atmosphere. As Solana loses consciousness, she gasps out as best a description as she can to her frantic brother and team.
Unfortunately, the description is too vague and the Marquis escapes with his new hostage.
=== Title Meaning ===
"An Eye for An Eye" is a commandment found in Exodus 21: 23-27, setting up a number of laws the Hebrews were to live under. A similar idea existed in the Code of Hammurabi, and later the Roman law of retaliation, all expressing reciprocal justice. It is important to note that these laws do not require the exact harm be done to the perpetrators- rather than it should equal the harm done, either by injury, by fine, or imprisonment. This was likely to prevent excessive punishment, and also set for the president that the eye of a slave would be the same as the eye of a free person- if a slave received such an injury, they were to go free as payment for the lost eye.
The Marquis has long escaped justice, and the balance he owes is great. His eye is a down payment on the harm he has done.
=== Easter Eggs ===
==== Discord Highlights ====
Doing everything in dark mode (-eyebrow waggle-), the best food for a food fight, and cats doing calibrations.