Always love a good piece of character work. It’s impressive how much you were able to convey in such a short story.
Had a few grammatical errors, but nothing egregious. Definitely one of my favorite reads so far.
I’m on record saying I haven’t encountered a spectacular villain thus far this Jam. I’ll amend that to say spectacular antagonist (not that it’s a bad thing; it’s realistic to have faceless or mundane antagonists). But Scourge definitely gets extra points for the inner monologue.