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Pitt had lunged into a showroolass objects: vases, dishware, drinking glasses The Fábrica de Vidrio was a factory that produced colorful tableware for local use and souvenirs for the tourist trade

The showroo behind a counter, staring at Pitt through frightened brown eyes

“¿El hombre?” Pitt asked

She pointed at an opening that led to the factory area Pitt slipped around the corner and was instantly h-roofed production bay, constructed around akiln More shelves of glassware filled the sides, with stores of sand, soda ash, and limestone

Tork balls of lass on the ends of blowpipes into sunurines The assailant ignored the workers and weaved his way to a heavy metal door at the rear

Pitt entered the bay as the ot no farther Giordino had just made it to the other side and ra the gun quickly, he thrust the gun forward and fired two shots at Giordino while clih, but forced Giordino to duck behind the door Pitt intervened before the ain

From across the bay, he wound up the claw ha it The tool spun through the air and struck the gunasped in pain, but only for aacross the bay

Pitt was still on the lassblowers, he plucked the blowpipe frounman The spear struck

the assailant’s outstretched arlass Thehis arlass off his hand and onto the floor Then he staggered toward the entrance, avoiding Pitt by skirting the far side of the reheating pit

The second glassblower decided to follow Pitt’s lead He stood and with a strong ar lanced off and fell to the ground

Disoriented, the gunoblets, which showered onto hiered to the side, tripped, and fell into the open firepit Surprisingly, he didn’t scream

Pitt and the work embers before his skin was charred He didn’t move a muscle as Pitt rolled him onto his back His head and torso were covered in white ash

“Está lassblohispered

Pitt, too, saw that the man was dead