Slavery changes people. It can make them soft or hard, strong or fragile.

A griffon named Vena came out of it harder than concrete. When she saves a filly from a group of slavers in the dark, broken down ruins of the old world, why would she turn out any different?

A Fallout: Equestria short side-story set in the same universe as Fallout Equestria: Dead End.

Special thanks to Typoglyphic and Chaotic Dreams for edits and proofreading.