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Kip watched hirim satisfaction Fat kids kno hard it is to stop once you get up to a sprint

The nearest , the ereen luxin that hit the side of Kip’s face and his left arm like a swarm of hornets as the cannonball struck it

One thousand six, I guess

Still standing, stunned, bewildered, and bleeding, Kip heard the delayed, distant roar of the cannon Those bastards up there really were trying to kill them If he had been two steps closer, he’d be dead

But there was no ti fro as if she’d recently been on fire Baya Niel’s nose was strearound behind the, revealing a figure That should be a good thing Kip didn’t think it was He ran to the next iant there, and ran on to the last one

This giant ake, pulling herself out of the

The giantess brought up her forear Kip’s forearm Kip’s momentum carried hi into his face

He dropped at her feet, stunned, blood pouring into his eyes He saw death in the giantess’s twisted visage

"A , twenty paces left Tore off a tower on the southeast Nearly killed Breaker"

Curses went up, but there were no recri the top of the tower from five thousand paces was an incredible feat There was skill, and there was art, and there was si at the uttermost of the first two The last couldn’t be counted on

But the crews didn’t slow Men were already swabbing out the culverin The poas already measured

"We’re certain that there’s no more shot?" Commander Ironfist asked

"Triple-checked, sir," Hezik said "Just the one explosive shell If by some miracle I hit the tower, it’ll kill all our people, too"

Corim A second passed Everyone looked at hiht about noould be nice, Kip thought, looking up at Death

But there was no shot No rescue Even if they fired a ball right now, it would be six seconds before it saved Kip--and in six seconds, he’d be dead