Pretty Baby

Picture by Steph, from the Shattered Sky tumblr

A Perceptive Warrior

Fights Dirty

## Quotes

*Not many people that live here do have choices to begin with.*

## Background

Pretty Baby or Kasiel, originally from Nastat, has relocated to Sayrem's Five Irons district.

Pretty Baby makes his first appearance in Vee Lasetti's clinic, entering almost silently. When Vee, the Professor and Pashmina Myron notice him, this is the person they recognize:

> *Pretty Baby has a youthful appearance. Soft features and a symmetrical face, his deep brown eyes are large and sleepy, his lips full and pouty, his skin a warm dark brown.*
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> *He wears his hair in twists with red tips, pulled back into a short ponytail. He stands with a slouched relaxed posture in his baggy dull grey jumpsuit.*
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Pretty Baby is concerned that the presence of Pashmina Myron, a former client and a Weaver, will bring attention to Rail Care and Vee's friends precisely when their involvement in the fire means they should remain low-key and under the radar. What's more, taking on the Ministry of Rest by looking for an inexperienced Weaver, the Vanguard may already be after, is "way outside of [their] pay grade".

## Luna

Luna is Pretty Baby's companion. It looks like a winged insect, a chunky poodle moth with a glow that flutters around and near him when summoned; it often varies between a pale blue to a bright green or a faint fuchsia in color and leaves trails around. Pretty Baby describes Luna's colors as

> *a pastel prismatic sort of thing, and just a wee bit transparent, which becomes more obvious if there is a light behind it.*
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Also,

> *she's like a big old chuck moth — big old ghost chuck moth.*
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In the fight against Sault, Pretty Baby sends Luna to attack. First, she gets a little bit bigger—she's still small, but she takes up more space, whether it's her aura, her essence or spirit—, then she hurls toward one of the Keepers; and then she gets small again so as to hurl into any orifice and start attacking. She usually goes straight to the ear and then it's like ... your chest inside fell asleep and now you just have to stand up really quickly ... It's enough to cause a full-blown panic attack.

In this same fight, Luna stands on her victim's wound and just starts licking the bullet that caused it, because Luna is a moth that drinks blood.

## Pretty Baby's acquaintances

### Steiner

Steiner is Pretty Baby's friend and contact for any unofficial business. He directs him to Johnna's weapon store.

Steiner is the person who confirms Pretty Baby is hunted by the Ministry of Rest.

### Amber

This how Pretty Baby introduces Amber: "My friend Amber might be able to help you; she is really good at getting into places: one time, she took out an entire barracks."

## Notes

1. ↑ When Pashmina first addresses him as Pretty Baby in ep. 1, he tells her *It's Kasiel*, thus softly and sternly redirecting her to use his formal name, for which Pretty Baby is a loose translation (Precision by Nathan).
2. ↑ Starting in ep. 8 or earlier, Nathan also uses they/them to refer to Pretty Baby.
3. ↑ Transcript of the description, from ep. 1, courtesy of Lauren.
4. ↑ Source: ep. 1.
5. ↑ Nathan also refers to Luna as *she*.
6. ↑ See ep. 5.
7. ↑ In Nathan's words: "It's this weird thing; it starts off small, she gets big, and then when she homes on she gets smaller."
8. ↑ This, as a consequence of a failed attack. Pretty Baby's reaction: "No! Luna! ... I can't stay mad at that face."
9. ↑ See ep. 7.
10. ↑ See ep. 8.
11. ↑ See ep. 8.