Veneer was close to the end of his villain speech. You had always found the speech unnecessary, why tell your plans when you could destroy your enemies right there and then. Veneer was badly beaten, but so we’re your old friends, so it didn’t matter to you

“Oh, I haven’t introduced you to my new assistant, have I?”

that was your cue. You stepped next Veneer, loving the shocked faces of the idiots you once considered friends. It was like they were seeing lucifer himself

“Aren’t they beautiful?”

Veneer had a shit eating grin