After being turned into smoke by the crystal heart, Sombra is thrown out into the surrounding ice fields. And while outside the Crystal Empire a man finds the battered pony and takes him in. Planning to turn him in for a chance at a pleabargin, the two speak, and speak, and speak.
Written at the behest of Kindabrony
Sombra desperatly clings to an enchanted suit of armor that contains the souls of his lover.
Sombra, left in a weak body, is scooped up by an explorer who intends to claim his bounty.