[ best to take the opportunity to learn about the enemy where he is able. even if his information is coming from someone whose memory has been heavily tampered with. he can fact check later. but when julian swipes back to show him the picture, he's certain that his heart has stopped beating in his chest.

recognition flashes over his features, but of course it would. it wasn't enough to use khan. it wasn't enough to take julian and twist him into something other than who he was. a shadow. but another one of their brothers, he now finds, is in julian's same situation and khan can do nothing about it. being a former captain, and now commander of a flagship---he would have been at daystrom. khan feels sick with the rage bubbling up like bile in his throat. ]

Christopher---[ one of their brothers, and one julian does not yet remember. the wrath khan will rain down on marcus and his will be far worse than anything they have experienced since the start of their starfleet. their federation. he will raze it to the ground. he will make it so unrecognizable, that no one will dare to try and reconstruct it. it will remain a ruin and testament to the consequences of the wrong course of action.

he doesn't realize he's snapped the PADD itself in two until he looks down at the separated pieces in his hands. ]