New Beginnings or New Downfalls

**original fic posted in AO3 under the same name**

It was 2018 now. Things had changed drastically for River. After decades of torture and abuse from Nihil, he had changed into a completely different ghoul. He was essentially a bootlicker. He was mostly neglected by Nihil. He would do anything and everything to get attention from the old man. That meant ratting out ghouls for the smallest rule breaks. No matter how big of a thing he did, all he would get was a few seconds of attention. He lived for that attention.