#pavs

Pavel once had a zippo lighter, his favorite, with special star and anchor engraving; he got it as a gift from his crew mates back in the Navy (I don’t know how they got an American zippo on a Soviet submarine, let it be a mystery, lol). Since then the lighter served long, and was some kind of Pavel’s tiny talisman. Unfortunately, the lighter was lost in some smuggling operation that ended up pretty ugly. In one of Pavel and Alice conversations, while speaking about lucky charms, Pavel mentioned his zippo, a gift from his old crew, and how he regrets he lost it - not a talisman itself, but a memory of his friends and old days. Sometime after this talk Alice made him a sudden gift - a zippo with engraving, same star and anchor emblem just like Pavel described, only the style of engraving and color were slightly different. For sure, it wasn’t Pavel's old zippo, but a new one; it still ignites memories of his past, but more importantly this small gift became much more special and dear to him - a sign that someone cares about him after his long time of loneliness. He is not alone anymore.

Here is Johnny the zippo. I tried to find a place for it on the major drawing, but it looked awkward, so I decided to leave it as a separate sketchy doodle. And I added a couple of scars to Pavel’s hands.

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