"Ugh" 379Please respect copyright.PENANA4pKT3dqxeu
"Shh, he's coming to"379Please respect copyright.PENANA9WpRflVR26
David slowly opened his 379Please respect copyright.PENANAo1xGJIr0LU
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYEuM1ZYdme
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 379Please respect copyright.PENANAgHZLn0XqN9
last so that he'd become blind.379Please respect copyright.PENANALjjWRc7mC8
Sadly someone didn't 379Please respect copyright.PENANA4zCXTC9AmG
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 379Please respect copyright.PENANAuplqUDko6i
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a379Please respect copyright.PENANAeXVa3TkRLY
gruff voice.379Please respect copyright.PENANA2pyiYRcjgH
David braved opening his379Please respect copyright.PENANAe330DcZ0bK
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 379Please respect copyright.PENANAkPkT85Lb3G
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 379Please respect copyright.PENANAthWSDaBnMU
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 379Please respect copyright.PENANAgMABfOg0gv
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 379Please respect copyright.PENANAx0w2nWHqW9
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 379Please respect copyright.PENANA9KzeDZluWg
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 379Please respect copyright.PENANAj8QZpaFhrS
it was covered too much with a beard.379Please respect copyright.PENANAonC5nUJqwC
"A friend, especially to379Please respect copyright.PENANAnzevqX34C0
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 379Please respect copyright.PENANAbJ4LLMYWxl
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 379Please respect copyright.PENANArDK9SzdiIJ
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 379Please respect copyright.PENANAVareVycPLW
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 379Please respect copyright.PENANAlSIQwvLo9x
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the379Please respect copyright.PENANAyV0Gd4z2yI
pressure on his arm increased.379Please respect copyright.PENANAv9w7QvYva1
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 379Please respect copyright.PENANARN86EdPYz6
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"379Please respect copyright.PENANAuTL4k93sZe
~you'll pay for this, 379Please respect copyright.PENANALtDakQ3dEv
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 379Please respect copyright.PENANA91rhwcYyKE
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYf8wkqzrPR
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAbCGOQ3wccv
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 379Please respect copyright.PENANAwI6knEpJiN
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 379Please respect copyright.PENANADu8pr3nfxw
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 379Please respect copyright.PENANApgMwZEwQJq
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 379Please respect copyright.PENANACAPY5uoX25
David let his eye wander379Please respect copyright.PENANACjUX2C7qAu
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAsXYblyk4ho
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 379Please respect copyright.PENANAPPsflXbu14
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 379Please respect copyright.PENANAMs6Lu4WGno
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 379Please respect copyright.PENANAudCGuyOGuk
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 379Please respect copyright.PENANABqNt2jswr1
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQc0AFQyz1D
arrogant pricks.379Please respect copyright.PENANAw2mukgjr33
David heard the flint 379Please respect copyright.PENANAA9ctevSb1a
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 379Please respect copyright.PENANAeDOy0enNUZ
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was379Please respect copyright.PENANAeoO0FILEJo
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 379Please respect copyright.PENANAZvzixIe8lf
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 379Please respect copyright.PENANAP8awGLgcdQ
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the379Please respect copyright.PENANAb9hX2Z2EbX
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 379Please respect copyright.PENANAPPGVNTdCOO
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 379Please respect copyright.PENANAifjLMfzdui
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 379Please respect copyright.PENANA9vm0vKCUZ8
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 379Please respect copyright.PENANARdYAPSKoiq
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.379Please respect copyright.PENANAWCes3pkC05
The pain in his arm 379Please respect copyright.PENANArxa175A42k
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAfmrVSzi6Jk
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 379Please respect copyright.PENANAX0xejO9zIs
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It379Please respect copyright.PENANAhum7w75Uu6
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 379Please respect copyright.PENANAKE7TRzNBHg
survived that fall."379Please respect copyright.PENANAwiKIH8ucxd
It took a second for 379Please respect copyright.PENANAyXGQQKKALP
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 379Please respect copyright.PENANAwlELTBHceI
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 379Please respect copyright.PENANAlAoc93dGkK
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 379Please respect copyright.PENANAKq6yBBz5sz
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 379Please respect copyright.PENANACCh18CrmeC
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 379Please respect copyright.PENANAjOI2siSfpk
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 379Please respect copyright.PENANAeOOPEOJdHX
that.379Please respect copyright.PENANADuefdSiz7W
"I don't know how I got 379Please respect copyright.PENANAUW7buIEDu6
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if379Please respect copyright.PENANANpJ9K7LTrc
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full379Please respect copyright.PENANABMKi1dqUHe
truth379Please respect copyright.PENANA8a6h2zzNgS
"I'm sure if he was a 379Please respect copyright.PENANADt3tL8oNik
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAuuJVRfFuGG
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7ABPPanil
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 379Please respect copyright.PENANABf5hXjvFev
guessed that was Gob.379Please respect copyright.PENANAhrSxVx8BMV
"Not how mages work kid,379Please respect copyright.PENANAvTY2qmTrcQ
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear379Please respect copyright.PENANA4tIqx2pB3w
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 379Please respect copyright.PENANAKGMgwTHtCK
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 379Please respect copyright.PENANAD6dMcrLN1u
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 379Please respect copyright.PENANA3kPIgJ8PTV
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 379Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ogki0p5LK
have a clear head so we should be safe.379Please respect copyright.PENANAUChpZw3Dtd
David was having trouble379Please respect copyright.PENANABW2GRpd6O0
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.379Please respect copyright.PENANAO916xv3WT0
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can379Please respect copyright.PENANAw34cRmACNA
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAvS8AO4wfZu
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and379Please respect copyright.PENANAnq1y9FSmmU
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 379Please respect copyright.PENANAh3R7MwyE5R
definitely felt exhausted.379Please respect copyright.PENANAgtBwHZTlYv
Gob stared into Davids 379Please respect copyright.PENANAvZspK38eCM
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 379Please respect copyright.PENANAVhKNbzi4m5
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 379Please respect copyright.PENANAxFRvcgqBRv
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in379Please respect copyright.PENANAPfWM9lQFB4
a deadpan voice.379Please respect copyright.PENANA9JjIKfN3z5
Sighting David sat up, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAnyj1UfcGC3
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 379Please respect copyright.PENANA5GQBOLgSvP
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 379Please respect copyright.PENANAwMxiWfNrq1
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 379Please respect copyright.PENANAXD9Dg1T3vA
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 379Please respect copyright.PENANAiLihBriEMU
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQWaapPxmfv
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.379Please respect copyright.PENANAw1HbFQUOUz
David took the herbs and379Please respect copyright.PENANA8G8kG5UXEs
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 379Please respect copyright.PENANAlceNtVCGgb
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 379Please respect copyright.PENANA0TcVZaM8mr
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 379Please respect copyright.PENANAUgoGR1xIQL
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.379Please respect copyright.PENANAsSpla0V8Oa
"It's called blumeflor, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAbxmA1me4y9
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council379Please respect copyright.PENANAfq91IxNMwd
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 379Please respect copyright.PENANAwwia6HhI8h
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 379Please respect copyright.PENANA3vFjlHcX8W
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 379Please respect copyright.PENANAveaEylYiFH
himself.379Please respect copyright.PENANAGoOow7Z0RU
"It's a good way of 379Please respect copyright.PENANApnk8dNGTtB
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out379Please respect copyright.PENANASy6GnleW7y
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."379Please respect copyright.PENANAL6HVV2giUj
David was going to ask 379Please respect copyright.PENANAc3UkAmNrX5
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 379Please respect copyright.PENANA5TvA93yrgK
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 379Please respect copyright.PENANARx1LxODO1m
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 379Please respect copyright.PENANAbvQBfsm4Jx
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 379Please respect copyright.PENANAsGfaaDOuc2
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 379Please respect copyright.PENANATw3lJBgMk1
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAqvmmoFhGRU
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 379Please respect copyright.PENANABIeJgVpyPp
stance. 379Please respect copyright.PENANADaIh5GKjNh
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?"379Please respect copyright.PENANAXFjcRvspgr
"Why would I lie about 379Please respect copyright.PENANAZmV6u5r15j
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 379Please respect copyright.PENANAgb24QLFJsb
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 379Please respect copyright.PENANAUBfkpjIXkt
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYbouC4jiXC
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 379Please respect copyright.PENANAlM861KAMYb
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a379Please respect copyright.PENANAsnrkCdbRC9
good way to do it.379Please respect copyright.PENANARYtACYZ6NV
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 379Please respect copyright.PENANAAtLPYuVnbx
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."379Please respect copyright.PENANAfcFdNNyNgy
"So you are a liar."379Please respect copyright.PENANAIsHagpi3YB
"Bring me to the ship! 379Please respect copyright.PENANA6cEavsmEfN
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll379Please respect copyright.PENANACvU9gwhzPS
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 379Please respect copyright.PENANAFqAZUwNs9N
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"379Please respect copyright.PENANAcKrniXYvDu
Some of the feet 379Please respect copyright.PENANAuJPW3l4GTI
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 379Please respect copyright.PENANAyfus09oWmn
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 379Please respect copyright.PENANAcxn16lnpr4
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."379Please respect copyright.PENANANLieBMRefv
"The weapons were in a 379Please respect copyright.PENANAtsIhAt7W0s
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 379Please respect copyright.PENANAaX2sgsfj1Q
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 379Please respect copyright.PENANAqlaAC6NSJj
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 379Please respect copyright.PENANAvQA0GSE5Lm
important duties?"379Please respect copyright.PENANAGhkBjlwRms
Gob shook his head. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAgD2BgXw2UY
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 379Please respect copyright.PENANAmsVQlwC59H
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 379Please respect copyright.PENANA8CEvFhJ2pF
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 379Please respect copyright.PENANAr8rlTybVDx
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 379Please respect copyright.PENANAi7roj2RxXZ
up. "Y..yes Gob?"379Please respect copyright.PENANA0BHdCKUGeV
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 379Please respect copyright.PENANAhRmC1AZ3Us
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 379Please respect copyright.PENANABwXBSChXFc
tie our friend here and then join us." 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQxy9XLgjZc
"Yes, sir!" The young 379Please respect copyright.PENANAnERFTz36e1
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 379Please respect copyright.PENANAR5EHMyn6xz
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'379Please respect copyright.PENANAHg8yrLlbQ1
David smiled, atleast 379Please respect copyright.PENANAwagXz60jua
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 379Please respect copyright.PENANA1AnQU8JApO
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 379Please respect copyright.PENANAgvYG1JXXib
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 379Please respect copyright.PENANAewWnQepHqi
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 379Please respect copyright.PENANAl3XNx43zh7
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."379Please respect copyright.PENANAnsSYsP19zX
David nodded as if 379Please respect copyright.PENANAbiSEPSScQj
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to379Please respect copyright.PENANAlN9Zc0xoc1
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAPcFSrICaRl
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 379Please respect copyright.PENANABp1nxwxgXe
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 379Please respect copyright.PENANArPkvmIkJV5
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 379Please respect copyright.PENANABxhzP19BY7
"Denis!" Gobs voice 379Please respect copyright.PENANAGzNKbKyJOY
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 379Please respect copyright.PENANAdOh6eA06th
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 379Please respect copyright.PENANAXpEbxDVEhd
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 379Please respect copyright.PENANAJTeaaiqIEQ
in a circle.379Please respect copyright.PENANASYD4ljemCC
David could easily untie379Please respect copyright.PENANAR6IqN15kXz
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the379Please respect copyright.PENANAYL73CJgY4b
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty379Please respect copyright.PENANADtgTKfxjnj
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 379Please respect copyright.PENANAMrOIrprIXV
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.379Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ1fSAw3VW
David must've dozed off 379Please respect copyright.PENANAjO3tlHz4fe
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with379Please respect copyright.PENANAJA9x1JO8uD
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 379Please respect copyright.PENANAqZ7bV1ulC2
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAddFr4XS1Nd
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 379Please respect copyright.PENANA4sKRwOiDvk
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 379Please respect copyright.PENANA73v2YWUtRt
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a379Please respect copyright.PENANA9WufBNUFrW
difference, we'll be able to find them."379Please respect copyright.PENANAvGUcLpUUUV
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"379Please respect copyright.PENANAKPtcbR8aSh
"Who'd know?"379Please respect copyright.PENANAAswMVZfJTB
"You" David said that as379Please respect copyright.PENANAP3nu3oIfkg
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 379Please respect copyright.PENANAp0WNykowRu
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 379Please respect copyright.PENANAAOZN0Cel1O
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had379Please respect copyright.PENANAyeMnhSajri
a choice so David took a gamble.379Please respect copyright.PENANA3qGPC6rJVB
It seemed to be paying 379Please respect copyright.PENANAN4CMlijTuF
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook379Please respect copyright.PENANAD786cWQeCb
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 379Please respect copyright.PENANAF2gqBwZDHk
wrong move and you're dead."379Please respect copyright.PENANAQKAq2GLMqH
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."379Please respect copyright.PENANAIeIoTHBJQG
Gob grunted at that. "No379Please respect copyright.PENANAadUOICnHSV
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but379Please respect copyright.PENANAdrw1H3z4LW
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 379Please respect copyright.PENANA47wMhy1oaQ
draining from his hands. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAoN9tk729uL
"I'll be able to walk 379Please respect copyright.PENANA8rfx5xA96V
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 379Please respect copyright.PENANAFwgMnnYMqH
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 379Please respect copyright.PENANA2jNzHW5H3c
caused David to lose his balance. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAXigkkTL9Kp
"The walk should only 379Please respect copyright.PENANAgoD744rBXM
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 379Please respect copyright.PENANAx934A8cdBn
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go379Please respect copyright.PENANABMdf5CLitN
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 379Please respect copyright.PENANAzPzLb1AMLM
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 379Please respect copyright.PENANAMdVJ5tYHos
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYPzd4507N8
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 379Please respect copyright.PENANAZh4z2E8DsB
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.379Please respect copyright.PENANARHPtTXRd3k
To Gobs credit he wasn't379Please respect copyright.PENANAef99zlhDz3
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 379Please respect copyright.PENANACpkptV8LHg
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 379Please respect copyright.PENANA4p0xHf41ng
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 379Please respect copyright.PENANACBHjZ662FL
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAin7SE2yRne
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.379Please respect copyright.PENANArkrSaBXctf
First there was Denis, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAaRGMEoImwU
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAzaModrnURV
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 379Please respect copyright.PENANAtfCsE9kJSb
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 379Please respect copyright.PENANAoKwIhGBift
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 379Please respect copyright.PENANAnOPwGRRnfv
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 379Please respect copyright.PENANAquhhJJZGcT
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 379Please respect copyright.PENANA4bC06BMKU4
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He379Please respect copyright.PENANAa4jUSMdehy
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 379Please respect copyright.PENANARisYMDqDzo
All in all a group of 379Please respect copyright.PENANAuyd8GEsYZe
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAb2D5pJD6p9
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 379Please respect copyright.PENANADVInBcMESk
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see379Please respect copyright.PENANAx5oAbo1KxB
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 379Please respect copyright.PENANAvqPoPIJ6PJ
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 379Please respect copyright.PENANANgPsXDg0Tn
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 379Please respect copyright.PENANAO8MWeVm6qH
stuff. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAA9OOur3PuK
Sadly except the names 379Please respect copyright.PENANA7mHj2aFqm6
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,379Please respect copyright.PENANAav4wc8ReC2
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 379Please respect copyright.PENANAWwkpsLsNIL
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 379Please respect copyright.PENANAOGXX6xiNmH
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 379Please respect copyright.PENANA8GeiYkThf1
childhood. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAlUsjAX9vjK
David also paid 379Please respect copyright.PENANAN0z3HQ1JBI
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 379Please respect copyright.PENANAAf5hn04I3X
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYXSe0R2TmJ
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could379Please respect copyright.PENANAMvySs0Av9X
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.379Please respect copyright.PENANAEarVUJrLUq
The closer they got the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAwM7oKphmk8
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate379Please respect copyright.PENANAaQgZ6ynC2p
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 379Please respect copyright.PENANAzhk7LtSsB8
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably379Please respect copyright.PENANAEc3zttWnso
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both379Please respect copyright.PENANAMXtzKvqdWK
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 379Please respect copyright.PENANABWOtcGCl0n
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 379Please respect copyright.PENANAz0igtiNQvq
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 379Please respect copyright.PENANA4zEGVoag93
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.379Please respect copyright.PENANApbkdkuZvnr
They were able to hear 379Please respect copyright.PENANAmHqdwMvMy5
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 379Please respect copyright.PENANASkkcJuGQ4Y
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 379Please respect copyright.PENANAin60Hro5un
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAimCUORuqWS
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.379Please respect copyright.PENANA1AsdGB8cYv
"Get down, behind the 379Please respect copyright.PENANAGAcCFZgCv9
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 379Please respect copyright.PENANA5yzhoeNWEq
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying379Please respect copyright.PENANAKA5mxxNntd
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and379Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6bSGBluq8
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 379Please respect copyright.PENANAlUuij58OAh
nicely with the surroundings.379Please respect copyright.PENANA2TJ3OaM3Tp
With a groan David 379Please respect copyright.PENANAX7nt1m1ENT
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at379Please respect copyright.PENANAbSaTG9aqi5
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 379Please respect copyright.PENANA0OqYt8aCa5
grunt. 379Please respect copyright.PENANAfc5eONNzUQ
They all had to cover 379Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0vXgxcnRx
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 379Please respect copyright.PENANADX5UlcjmHB
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 379Please respect copyright.PENANARHa9UVkF6N
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 379Please respect copyright.PENANA0gOrRk8bLF
them.379Please respect copyright.PENANAd1Jk3XzkKK
With a tug of the rope 379Please respect copyright.PENANARJdQJldIUb
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 379Please respect copyright.PENANAen2z0osDjX
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the379Please respect copyright.PENANAs2LGLRKygc
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left379Please respect copyright.PENANAUn982gytko
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 379Please respect copyright.PENANApxl1X1ktkX
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.379Please respect copyright.PENANAdk6WyNEmiW
"So, where's this hold?"379Please respect copyright.PENANAf2aBsKRufH
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 379Please respect copyright.PENANATPZoDetLHS
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 379Please respect copyright.PENANAkApgFeawGH
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.379Please respect copyright.PENANAILbuY6E5jV
"It's there and looks 379Please respect copyright.PENANANGZmBxJ8vm
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 379Please respect copyright.PENANAPntnBFzq4A
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob379Please respect copyright.PENANAOIzrf6VLqc
"Corruption knows. They 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYXIcbGpwTD
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 379Please respect copyright.PENANA2K1VEprR6O
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQIX9HODTAi
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 379Please respect copyright.PENANAMGVI9ny0MG
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 379Please respect copyright.PENANABpXPXvcjJN
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.379Please respect copyright.PENANATntMyPI0Ht
David made a move to 379Please respect copyright.PENANAWd6Beyn0HD
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 379Please respect copyright.PENANAoFlUJxl5Tx
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQi416v1jry
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 379Please respect copyright.PENANArO0Y70nCQ5
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 379Please respect copyright.PENANA3FN6S6bQ50
them. "I think we're in trouble."379Please respect copyright.PENANAsek7epZVhR
Gob pulled the telescope379Please respect copyright.PENANAiIJB1iTaH0
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 379Please respect copyright.PENANArqat3oMeaN
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 379Please respect copyright.PENANAYUHk42Snvw
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 379Please respect copyright.PENANANOKYG7dpni
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 379Please respect copyright.PENANAVpIQNRbOKk
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 379Please respect copyright.PENANAivM9QGSBH9
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 379Please respect copyright.PENANADf7rNNkIRI
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 379Please respect copyright.PENANAV9BbuAMKGP
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 379Please respect copyright.PENANAWlrPP86GYr
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 379Please respect copyright.PENANAHPE3ieLwB4
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 379Please respect copyright.PENANAQuRz5KupfF
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 379Please respect copyright.PENANAtcTddU94S2
reason." He added the last part in a grumble379Please respect copyright.PENANAT0myc7jUrW
Gob pulled away from 379Please respect copyright.PENANACfUSaMT69l
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 379Please respect copyright.PENANAdvi9LnG0xp
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing379Please respect copyright.PENANAkYh0A42kPW
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown379Please respect copyright.PENANAcn9Lk9EFw4
you in your own shit" 379Please respect copyright.PENANAhmpzJXB4RA
"Now form up and let's 379Please respect copyright.PENANAjupDJFEZQv
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 379Please respect copyright.PENANA1HPfdcYCUT
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with379Please respect copyright.PENANA2d32NrLFZf
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a379Please respect copyright.PENANApq0MmV4dJO
long while.