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Sure enough, he lets goas the acid eats into his intestines and thighs Pools of redaround hiles hi

“There’s a neutralizing agent,” I hiss into his ear “Tell me where the Gold is, and I’ll use it” I pull the pillow from his face He tries to scream out for help, but I shove it back down before he can “How are they gonna treat you if you got no legs? They don’t got replace freak Talk fast or you’ll have nubs, oldboy”

I pull back the pillow

“Can F-f-f-fourth l-l-evel W-we sealed her in the old jail M-m-make it stop Make it STOP…”

I pat my dress “Sorry Musta left it in my pants” I push the pillow over Duncan’s mouth as the acid eats on I don’t knohy, but I leave his eyes uncovered so he can watch ht

The acid is soh his intestines, then his spinal colus

Soon he’s dead

I’ve got one tooth left

I stand over his corpse slappingto shake off the stupor of that daed us good I hope I got the Reds in thewill it take for theet ahold of one of their pikes? How uts to use the teeth? That’s the real concern Freckles and Lion, sure But the rest? I didn’t think of the ti With as many Red Hand men as I’ve seen around here, they’ll be butchered unless I free Victra

I gotta move

I search Duncan’s body and strip his pistol,the house, I find a orn pulseRifle and an Obsidian axe I leave the axe, and try to recall how Volga taught et it wrong twice before relaxing and lettingsound as it signals it is ready Lovely

Rifle shouldered, pistol tucked into my skirts, I head out the front door

Six Red Hands stand waiting for me on the ay outside Tails shivers a inaudible

Shit

I STRAIN AGAINST THE ROPE that ties me to the mess hall table as the blood-crusted hammer hits my pinky Pain explodes in my head My stupor shatters into a thousand pixels I reel back, gasping for air The bone’s busted The skin’s swelling and trickles of blood are leaking around the dent the hammer made Harmony twirls the hammer and leans back Several more of her boys prowl around the old Gray mess hall They don’t seem to mind Duncan’s dead