Aug 28, 2015 2:29 pm
Khamal stomped up, dragging the surviving alien by the leg. The Sassanid dumped the unconscious alien unceremoniously in a crumpled heap beside the sniper. "Watch him," he said, and then he turned to the task at hand.
He eyed the rubble that the man was trapped under. "Stay still," he said in accented but otherwise perfect Pashto. "If you struggle you may dislodge something." He examined the rubble and chose a promising looking slab of concrete that had collapsed. He grunted with the effort as he slowly, carefully pushed the slab away and pried the larger chunks off, to reveal the astonished survivor blinking up at the impassive masked warrior in torn, burnt clothing.
"You are in my debt," the masked stranger told the shopkeep in his mother tongue. "One day I may come for you or your sons or your sons' sons, and they will know me, as you know me now." He showed the man the rune etched in his chest. "And on that day I will ask that you repay this debt. Will you and your descendants honor it?" The man nodded, solemnly. The warrior helped him up, a large hand held out to steady him.
Khamal turned to the sniper and switched back to English. "Your friend appears shaken, but otherwise unharmed."
He eyed the rubble that the man was trapped under. "Stay still," he said in accented but otherwise perfect Pashto. "If you struggle you may dislodge something." He examined the rubble and chose a promising looking slab of concrete that had collapsed. He grunted with the effort as he slowly, carefully pushed the slab away and pried the larger chunks off, to reveal the astonished survivor blinking up at the impassive masked warrior in torn, burnt clothing.
"You are in my debt," the masked stranger told the shopkeep in his mother tongue. "One day I may come for you or your sons or your sons' sons, and they will know me, as you know me now." He showed the man the rune etched in his chest. "And on that day I will ask that you repay this debt. Will you and your descendants honor it?" The man nodded, solemnly. The warrior helped him up, a large hand held out to steady him.
Khamal turned to the sniper and switched back to English. "Your friend appears shaken, but otherwise unharmed."
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