"Ugh" 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41pCsTL2YI
"Shh, he's coming to"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IWqXWbQj4
David slowly opened his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvj4dWOkDy
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvSUkSqmga
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZzKTdayZG
last so that he'd become blind.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UUPfUBspt
Sadly someone didn't 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsBkImm7Ys
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QXvlunoHs
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Mn5bJxvXe
gruff voice.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQFJqyZ8oB
David braved opening his649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOa31Vv4i7
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmg4wBL0PY
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQVaCx2iKz
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunliHJIXbE
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgj10nbWsJ
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7tvRqfzjo
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt74k9sSvN
it was covered too much with a beard.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wMQR5FT3W
"A friend, especially to649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov75W53Ldd
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn8FvJ4tbS
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37P8wN2iQN
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7mHjTX7Dk
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmw3pFfe2b5
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXssSgMVIy
pressure on his arm increased.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOKTdmb64S
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwbXSMSt33
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgzIGKr6IS
~you'll pay for this, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV6uvsKQ6X
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6culPzgwo
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoJFnJgK1i
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMplECY5a9R
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbyefzch7E
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUItO2b1Nm
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBFdMiF90B
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tQnxDEz49
David let his eye wander649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3BqmMr0Ca
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQmE2PLZjq
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqUkrlS0Wu
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXrNhPEB6U
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aKekwcmjq
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1swbZRx4V
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeeGQ222Br
arrogant pricks.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXxEmuHzQ2
David heard the flint 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfJv2xERXS
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iIMmPjnU8
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDR8ynjIsU
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmhxtiB64g
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXxIF3OMec
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf7knp0CIt
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRKhph7UFf
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKAalnrnqx
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3LKPHbGQQ
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSwhrykclp
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSUfor9cY0
The pain in his arm 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9k3lLnCrP
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppEypTft3x
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07dZVzlDZV
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZtbumt8hQ
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6FsQx4EwL
survived that fall."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSO3N8g7xZ
It took a second for 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9aSht0Du8
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSxL30lTl9
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5fRKzcjrO
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5ApwQD4Fa
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27nsGpWthV
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxYt0f3P2l
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wxKjzsLfj
that.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY73L4AKW1
"I don't know how I got 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdXsYrnca9
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhck5FBLouT
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ265GX5618e
truth649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eIX3P7krK
"I'm sure if he was a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHAEdWIYHi
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0E6gDrCtZ
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllcXSH1jWh
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z2PeI3EOL
guessed that was Gob.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa24PPmv5VJ
"Not how mages work kid,649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn510xLSnyt
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c17HB3mxr
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK23iG8ppro
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A5GEYQsQM
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z583nAYjR
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXdTDEktN8
have a clear head so we should be safe.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBgwkyIjSw
David was having trouble649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC9Gq1w7g5
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwtHC4u58P
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCY75JuexX
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolCJPIr6E5
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLNGSOkpaB
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZl2eFN3L0
definitely felt exhausted.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3vVPxT0Vn
Gob stared into Davids 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kt0Ug1AEh
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW1ZcqkHfp
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3JgpTCwW7
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZti0FDAKN
a deadpan voice.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbe1Az4OZu
Sighting David sat up, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4zv1aGVAi
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aROOu6568
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQEn5l80TS
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuIuh2vDuu
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMyTj7j0rc
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28FMNcuLAF
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOcVjjCnz2
David took the herbs and649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHIgjRxKrm
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfodpWz0C32
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIpgkmyrPZ
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQC6aKc45w
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxM0E6lUQru
"It's called blumeflor, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eCRK5rn8R
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Hp3sP4F5Y
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdIdhn5Dqs
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxixuXBFXSB
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI67k5VGxCA
himself.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsE2xvaTnAY
"It's a good way of 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqluLVMo0k
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRxkstHaPU
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCHeI5ANF7
David was going to ask 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWyrcs4aiP
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pKBiPaS5B
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWkEXJkHTa
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnE5oSs7nB
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP4iQ21YHO
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAWWo9jO9x
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuSsI12i1I
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZATcMAsQs
stance. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkUPABq2sk
Gob was also very persistent. "Since you're not a mage, you're a liar then. Now why should I waste my time on a liar?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1ucfK6wY3
"Why would I lie about 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBokT45hz31
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQkAbjnbEa
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EkUJkNyFf
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbYdsH9fBW
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26b0bNWtOd
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYcfio6iwO
good way to do it.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzVxCfkQOz
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILMc5lx2Ul
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46bOs8TPkt
"So you are a liar."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3whdtj1etc
"Bring me to the ship! 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Sccw1FhZ4
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVhtEiTfZ7
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTBLxOYU1x
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZULRrJxYwi
Some of the feet 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9yzdlvts6
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETuqTgZzmK
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1CMHfp2Cf
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3yLZ8wZpj
"The weapons were in a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q9Pn7h9mP
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJHrPon1SM
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdcH8Rw8ps
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfVFJ9MXBV
important duties?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9hujAjBIg
Gob shook his head. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu07y0RayLd
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoNMGnvB7x
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7UEz1Mmtp
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJgAK1berQ
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzopeuBA9kT
up. "Y..yes Gob?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghxdZUKXQp
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tHNvSjBj6
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLE3oF7WM5
tie our friend here and then join us." 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjni234D6i
"Yes, sir!" The young 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZstdv6sqv
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMbDbscJZA
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSA2EK4KMV
David smiled, atleast 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4DWFF0Ejo
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoEfgDIqQI
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zVkXdLKkb
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLjiWvRPoF
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVRifoh5OI
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsL0dbhLTB
David nodded as if 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXzijilIu4
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOxXBB3d1Y
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZ6bj5YwTX
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHWFsXY87a
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0G8gYTuwq
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPWU5JXs1l
"Denis!" Gobs voice 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIntbRCula6
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTFxr76eeG
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxb1MM1tWFl
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4xUZY2KGy
in a circle.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfBMCg4VdF
David could easily untie649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7M9kUdOxUH
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxHexn6GuL
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsV1Gq3DME
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EYcgO8iE4
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklrR5ZafwE
David must've dozed off 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn0B0Y52r0
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDSVn5TLU3
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHxcy2d6NG
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ELovWzbMf
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4A6tnRcOt
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71ankpN1dL
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGD9CxINPI
difference, we'll be able to find them."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJOIF4G9jF
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqeskRxbsq
"Who'd know?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf4t7qPbx0
"You" David said that as649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr9V701pHJ
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Kx0KmVrDm
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0U3srhred
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wdpJZKkUI
a choice so David took a gamble.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SefKhXryl
It seemed to be paying 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2Rt2AU1Pn
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3fZ8i38oh
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfJPY9Iind
wrong move and you're dead."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsi0ezD0lm
David nodded, not liking the look in Gobs eyes. "I get it, you're trying to look after them but I'm not your enemy."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7P5bjGb0w
Gob grunted at that. "No649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHu1X1JEg3
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEs2JsNBL8
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqdHSQcD4f
draining from his hands. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkwo4hDATt
"I'll be able to walk 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCYG0AcUC8
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuecZ3Zizh
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFKLD1sAmi
caused David to lose his balance. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP0CF1GtKQ
"The walk should only 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5eN3c5vAC
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmMmptS86o
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7i25LKnuJ3
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ4erppKSw
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuzo9SwyHl
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfweNqENTR
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlZDRBHEcl
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7r3zhsXAg
To Gobs credit he wasn't649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnskDifsE7
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi1QCGGJh0
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekDc3ezQ3L
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxmBz90wKE
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSghaDd63h
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkdJH9gbtG
First there was Denis, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHXVXTnUGG
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaFUiIR9Va
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fhm7r0f80
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1JmIb2kDG
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQHZvc2CNB
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNxP80pjw6
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9JeUdcQRZ
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdDOjuJsPh
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEcjqXdT3z
All in all a group of 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIgxtHFPck
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSAz8zcDqr
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYrveGEUKZ
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0ykKkXLOd
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2M1bVVJQJ
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY90O90hq3z
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMNO4F11ej
stuff. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA5NRV0vOi
Sadly except the names 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcoQ2keCEZ
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNS8t7ZDHWD
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzNCAiggNq
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU46TIbxAL0
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡao3Ot3SvsD
childhood. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0utUDioESh
David also paid 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUJqnyAIdD
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAn9VGoCkA
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBS5XVotNS
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnNHHPghOD
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP37lO6lNpr
The closer they got the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPQOboKXFH
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67STJeIPFc
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kAXZWK0Jf
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnM6KlBMhW1
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9D2KMt8Ac
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTn6hO3vQS8
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K55r7xXVd
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyH5cQPUrv
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuMb590Qpl
They were able to hear 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d3xbfZQLP
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wHjTYf33s
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInuGngBlEN
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHBFx1mfAz
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBlRcL3sFQ
"Get down, behind the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2eH4KCrY1
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH273CUz4pr
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzyZ9c7VGM
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9n9YnnA3q
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6CXW0bP7V
nicely with the surroundings.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFTgnbrYRk
With a groan David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpm49nldP3
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRlb5Ja9wW
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelO2oCLKwb
grunt. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8wfs2Au6q
They all had to cover 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WFfW9wj8M
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdQ1tgkGl9
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHpVOpIKJl
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xLHIQUt9O
them.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy5XtpPy05
With a tug of the rope 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DDTeEedXC
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2rogHuB84
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeg9mMEwHT
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62yJc6PAca
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaalK6BQeqU
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboONmLQeFm
"So, where's this hold?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgagHkf8x0O
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9c2HPAJUe
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkTYG07s3y
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0Ux3IZByB
"It's there and looks 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QENvGflzB
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuiNfNoPO9
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHBwIchoT4
"Corruption knows. They 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcEofQGWNR
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh3cDce9do
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0tNqfWCOc
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Z1hYGsUXx
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtcU4EIX35
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uR1FmLC5P
David made a move to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbLyoS7te0
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEJetTXrXO
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmwSxd7gkx
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPPaAqE47e
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoykIj3x2Q6
them. "I think we're in trouble."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lcpRJ62sy
Gob pulled the telescope649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisT6VkgMHq
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IBrMW0b0t
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVr1aHM0wN
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zkiaHXSpJ
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybv8muWKcI
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIA76lrBsI
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIQBHDjfkJ
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6KGlOU0E5
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3fa0dE08W
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVsnq4YfvX
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTAgK4UZUh
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WsFhiNcFy
reason." He added the last part in a grumble649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNLruQ943l
Gob pulled away from 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUmAyVtIzo
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmoLfRziYU
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxbDuFOWi8
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a6EnVyCCR
you in your own shit" 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyo2qGvnZ8
"Now form up and let's 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoUAFt3Wnx
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxkwy7sdgt
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPK1Y5r8a9
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRygfnvOrE6
long while.
