"What are you doing here?" Xavier asked.
Klatos fell into step beside them as the flow carried the inmates forward. He walked with an easy pace, wings tucked in, eyes drifting across the corridor like none of this demanded much effort from him.
"You weren't there when things went bad on Earth," Klatos said. "After Dominic Hart died, everything fell apart."
Rin glanced at him. "Hart?"
"Chief cop of the Celestial Penitentiary," Klatos said. "He ran the place like a machine. Then Alexander Sterling killed him, and the machine broke."
Xavier listened without interrupting.
"The prison went into chaos," Klatos continued. "New management came in fast and panicked faster. Too many power struggles, too many eyes watching. Dominic Hart had everything under his control. He knew the strengths and weaknesses of everyone, and he used them to his benefit to keep the place under his control."
