Nik gasps, going wide eyed and looking as stunned as he can. "My Sweet partner, are you saying I have an ego?"

He can't even imagine it with a straight face, ending up smiling as the body is dumped into the hole.

"This will do," he says, moving to go back and get the bucket of lye and bring it back. "Step back. Can't have you inhaling this," he says, securing a bandana over his face so all that shows is from the eyes up.

"He's a good kid," he says softly as he starts dumping lye over the body. "One day maybe he'll get out and Elijah will put him in the program or something."