A Broken Feather, Straightened

"*Everything was going to plan.*"
―Augus Each Uisge[[**A Broken Feather, Straightened**]]
***A Broken Feather, Straightened*** is a *Fae Tales Verse Canon Extra* focusing on the relationship between Augus Each Uisge and the Raven Prince after the Nightingale released Augus.

## Summary

After Augus was taken and tortured for a year, he became determined to overthrow the Raven Prince's Unseelie Reign to get the power needed to exact his revenge, specifically by finding his way into the Raven Prince's bed and and learning his confidences. What he didn't expect was to find a friend, or to be learned in turn.

## Characters

* Augus Each Uisge
* The Raven Prince
* Thactris (mentioned)

## Quotations

* Augus: 'The Raven Prince was listening to him more often. Once, Augus had thought it would simply be something to win over a King. But now he reasoned, it felt good to be listened to by someone whose counsel he valued.'
* To Augus: ‘Your sleep troubles me,’ the Raven Prince said. ‘Your refusal to see any healers about it only has me convinced that you are not, actually, a sadist, but a masochist of the strangest order.’
* To Augus: ‘Do not think me a fool,’ the Raven Prince said. ‘Your mind is like what mine might be, were my mind broken. . . . I have the mind of one who has mastered several forms of the rapier . . . One day, you will reveal your plans to me, and then we shall see what happens. . . .' ‘You shouldn’t train someone who you suspect of having plans,’ Augus said, standing, and the Raven Prince made an expression that could have been a smile, were it not caged in shadow and the fact that birds did not often smile at anyone with anything but their eyes. ‘Perhaps I have plans of my own.’
* Augus on the Raven Prince: 'It was a dance between them. The Raven Prince was not stupid. He was ancient, wise, and sometimes he watched Augus with a calculating gaze. Augus couldn’t help wonder what he saw. For why would the Raven Prince be so generous with him, if he suspected the truth? Perhaps he was simply that beguiled by beauty, it would not surprise him. It wouldn’t surprise anyone.'
* Augus: 'And the Raven Prince had, in a way, become his friend. They were cautious and curious around each other, and it was a sort of freedom to not be expected to share, to reveal. For even Ash looked at him sometimes with wide, sympathetic eyes, asking questions always, even if he never spoke them aloud. To spend time with someone who didn’t ask questions, even when no words were spoken, it was something he hadn’t known he needed.'
* 'The Raven Prince looked down at himself, following Augus’ gaze, and then spread his arms slowly. ‘This is all I am,’ he said, his voice softer than Augus could recall hearing for some time. ‘King and so much more,’ Augus said, sitting up and extending his hand out palm up, an invitation.'

## Trivia

* A horned fae who was 'a prince of his kind', and who was dressed in red, visited the Unseelie Court at one point.
* At one point, the Raven Prince implied he'd offer to make Augus his consort, though he knew Augus wouldn't agree to it.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 not\_poignant. "A Broken Feather, Straightened.” *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 20 September 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/973180.