"Ugh" 393Please respect copyright.PENANAZheddhyUoJ
"Shh, he's coming to"393Please respect copyright.PENANA3pxjemRWQu
David slowly opened his 393Please respect copyright.PENANAk8SEm4elTw
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 393Please respect copyright.PENANAiOTVb4lKrO
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 393Please respect copyright.PENANAMGT66T6EvO
last so that he'd become blind.393Please respect copyright.PENANAYDmO4njaDB
Sadly someone didn't 393Please respect copyright.PENANAphXk94rgSl
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 393Please respect copyright.PENANATH4LW9V8Ik
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a393Please respect copyright.PENANAVwXHeCyhat
gruff voice.393Please respect copyright.PENANALwe3treIpX
David braved opening his393Please respect copyright.PENANAgGxSKRozLb
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 393Please respect copyright.PENANAtJCOSqKxoV
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 393Please respect copyright.PENANAdTzOkqoPsd
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 393Please respect copyright.PENANA6cAGBy1atJ
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 393Please respect copyright.PENANAR4rLmxcG6u
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 393Please respect copyright.PENANAvCL7d2MGe2
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 393Please respect copyright.PENANA5IIhmF697R
it was covered too much with a beard.393Please respect copyright.PENANAIEA8EffTN1
"A friend, especially to393Please respect copyright.PENANAygWwulDboF
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 393Please respect copyright.PENANAF0YJJWDLiy
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 393Please respect copyright.PENANAvzFMBrvKgm
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 393Please respect copyright.PENANAd90WV5Qoni
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 393Please respect copyright.PENANAeYbxcvmffv
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the393Please respect copyright.PENANAKF7JsdFtCX
pressure on his arm increased.393Please respect copyright.PENANAuyXgyHriFi
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAAe6E0X5Rug
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"393Please respect copyright.PENANA7u3zR9t0p8
~you'll pay for this, 393Please respect copyright.PENANAdzucsaMeTk
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 393Please respect copyright.PENANA8y6lWGVwGQ
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 393Please respect copyright.PENANAkIdgUfXYX6
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAMyAopT01rt
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 393Please respect copyright.PENANAkEVNliygQj
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 393Please respect copyright.PENANAN5lz28NhxU
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 393Please respect copyright.PENANA7dtUbREOMV
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAEmUmZzlZVx
David let his eye wander393Please respect copyright.PENANAhBTqhBds9Z
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAt22DeeACKz
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 393Please respect copyright.PENANALU6yVi5tp1
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 393Please respect copyright.PENANALDOO7dGc2d
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 393Please respect copyright.PENANAs3FXhcP0pM
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 393Please respect copyright.PENANAyunE1IQif5
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 393Please respect copyright.PENANASLKK4BK11w
arrogant pricks.393Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2EEAm8AlY
David heard the flint 393Please respect copyright.PENANAphWX1NdmNg
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 393Please respect copyright.PENANAVOUAX1re49
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was393Please respect copyright.PENANAowYN8QDHRA
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 393Please respect copyright.PENANAE04dAzhNG2
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 393Please respect copyright.PENANADmdXhJ7tVL
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the393Please respect copyright.PENANAUmYp0045f5
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 393Please respect copyright.PENANA02kb5nVA15
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 393Please respect copyright.PENANA5jpjlxNfF7
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 393Please respect copyright.PENANA7qJKK5gP08
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 393Please respect copyright.PENANA7k203yCRXv
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.393Please respect copyright.PENANA0cEuZmywjJ
The pain in his arm 393Please respect copyright.PENANAnGuxIxrVla
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 393Please respect copyright.PENANA2zj9Y3oCur
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 393Please respect copyright.PENANAGxsTGgAFgo
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It393Please respect copyright.PENANAhFP5jfbfYA
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 393Please respect copyright.PENANAeQeNO5xlYx
survived that fall."393Please respect copyright.PENANAiRCbePQuEU
It took a second for 393Please respect copyright.PENANARzczrVLnnk
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 393Please respect copyright.PENANA50ThhDy2Ui
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 393Please respect copyright.PENANA3qDFd420mY
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 393Please respect copyright.PENANAaoq9z3890i
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 393Please respect copyright.PENANAKADZ0O3Phn
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 393Please respect copyright.PENANAhHQmRUfIbB
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 393Please respect copyright.PENANAjMYUNZKvSC
that.393Please respect copyright.PENANAuTT1Ebw1G6
"I don't know how I got 393Please respect copyright.PENANAhshvSG62wa
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if393Please respect copyright.PENANABZ9fWXpRZx
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full393Please respect copyright.PENANAy2CyCu26es
truth393Please respect copyright.PENANAahk3TuHFpV
"I'm sure if he was a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAhBLoo8dHeD
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 393Please respect copyright.PENANAe5bVq4fVkF
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 393Please respect copyright.PENANACoV3VX0RUk
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 393Please respect copyright.PENANAbBEoY0fVvm
guessed that was Gob.393Please respect copyright.PENANA9jkfgsjbKy
"Not how mages work kid,393Please respect copyright.PENANAxR4CQ7TiOj
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear393Please respect copyright.PENANAs2TheJbY7d
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 393Please respect copyright.PENANACal6hwtg3W
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 393Please respect copyright.PENANAxbHSzVyjRU
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 393Please respect copyright.PENANALNEESCy67g
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 393Please respect copyright.PENANAL3x2HqFzvA
have a clear head so we should be safe.393Please respect copyright.PENANAd4MemeGDql
David was having trouble393Please respect copyright.PENANAUXPmOi3uZv
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.393Please respect copyright.PENANAMuK4tXiJBD
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can393Please respect copyright.PENANAxGdPGFg5MW
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 393Please respect copyright.PENANA4VLBsMzvKD
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and393Please respect copyright.PENANAK72yNJFn3v
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 393Please respect copyright.PENANAnYoSOgAozs
definitely felt exhausted.393Please respect copyright.PENANAWeo1cP4ZNu
Gob stared into Davids 393Please respect copyright.PENANAGuOig6ZoOg
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 393Please respect copyright.PENANAaBC0kCvlpr
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 393Please respect copyright.PENANAJmimcBjLap
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in393Please respect copyright.PENANA7vpTPm4oAy
a deadpan voice.393Please respect copyright.PENANAOjYslyz6Ai
Sighting David sat up, 393Please respect copyright.PENANACZcE45xpox
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 393Please respect copyright.PENANAQfK0UzsFE1
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 393Please respect copyright.PENANAN1Eot5M8wu
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 393Please respect copyright.PENANA0SMfLUmYpf
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 393Please respect copyright.PENANAKZrd778wWM
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 393Please respect copyright.PENANAXkw9E44aXx
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.393Please respect copyright.PENANAObxs0QAZ3N
David took the herbs and393Please respect copyright.PENANAsKAsHOVVYc
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 393Please respect copyright.PENANAkVtsEP7b4w
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 393Please respect copyright.PENANAVnuGzGrBKg
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 393Please respect copyright.PENANAhV33E5vl5Y
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.393Please respect copyright.PENANArVYj5LXgTY
"It's called blumeflor, 393Please respect copyright.PENANArw2lkkLIxf
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council393Please respect copyright.PENANA0lqh4tZbnv
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 393Please respect copyright.PENANAELNhywWuqd
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 393Please respect copyright.PENANAb3VVReD5r2
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 393Please respect copyright.PENANAyANvHvKDdP
himself.393Please respect copyright.PENANAn8hsRcM0k9
"It's a good way of 393Please respect copyright.PENANAYGKzR5AiH9
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out393Please respect copyright.PENANAgLtMeDAuvc
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."393Please respect copyright.PENANAM1mNjqDBDq
David was going to ask 393Please respect copyright.PENANAdphw3s5dqA
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 393Please respect copyright.PENANA2clMBsA4FO
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 393Please respect copyright.PENANAm2BEm9wfS9
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAMca4NGehAO
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 393Please respect copyright.PENANAUzKlM0aAcC
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 393Please respect copyright.PENANA4i89riXIBS
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 393Please respect copyright.PENANAmHUmypWuMW
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 393Please respect copyright.PENANADuPiaUdUuO
stance. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAbTOM8rHIJd
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?"393Please respect copyright.PENANA6YHlLjthFZ
"Why would I lie about 393Please respect copyright.PENANAMJZs1sOpyI
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 393Please respect copyright.PENANAFQPNtiWVSL
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 393Please respect copyright.PENANAy6Zc3Arwbd
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 393Please respect copyright.PENANAFJJFuA6EWO
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 393Please respect copyright.PENANA3tbipOYYTp
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a393Please respect copyright.PENANAgvz8de0GQ9
good way to do it.393Please respect copyright.PENANAqYIXefjDyb
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 393Please respect copyright.PENANAQlbdNBw0L2
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."393Please respect copyright.PENANAHv2IzQLZUz
"So you are a liar."393Please respect copyright.PENANAehTVzezGqk
"Bring me to the ship! 393Please respect copyright.PENANAkIQpBjH5rS
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll393Please respect copyright.PENANApwxkfk3efL
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 393Please respect copyright.PENANAA2CZAQbPcI
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"393Please respect copyright.PENANAj1N7o7uK4O
Some of the feet 393Please respect copyright.PENANAYCeigtfetL
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 393Please respect copyright.PENANApvWAsa1D9I
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 393Please respect copyright.PENANAIcUj2HzpBA
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."393Please respect copyright.PENANAAeKecREgoq
"The weapons were in a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAdkpMwNYSLn
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 393Please respect copyright.PENANAinvoovm0CR
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 393Please respect copyright.PENANAgdWaHxNQRS
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 393Please respect copyright.PENANAmMZYbK015b
important duties?"393Please respect copyright.PENANAoqgx24XZdc
Gob shook his head. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAhplE3Su98Z
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 393Please respect copyright.PENANA0krRNvYXoJ
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 393Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0ltqsOuiW
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 393Please respect copyright.PENANAyk842q38s2
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 393Please respect copyright.PENANA23tu4sOuxp
up. "Y..yes Gob?"393Please respect copyright.PENANAuPPnzqnNau
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 393Please respect copyright.PENANAHbvxi7mJ07
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 393Please respect copyright.PENANAPSnCEjHOPT
tie our friend here and then join us." 393Please respect copyright.PENANA1pHPQcWCZ1
"Yes, sir!" The young 393Please respect copyright.PENANAgasNM2yNlX
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 393Please respect copyright.PENANAcj0ASaCSmz
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'393Please respect copyright.PENANAZphUpPoGaU
David smiled, atleast 393Please respect copyright.PENANAsbSYif9cCW
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 393Please respect copyright.PENANAWf95aWWjP8
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 393Please respect copyright.PENANALzYv7fgFlG
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 393Please respect copyright.PENANA6VbhzBi27c
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 393Please respect copyright.PENANAGDuOH7vPhI
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."393Please respect copyright.PENANANq1KicJjdm
David nodded as if 393Please respect copyright.PENANAyDBTDuzN40
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to393Please respect copyright.PENANACG9S78DWwo
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 393Please respect copyright.PENANA9lAY5gj3K5
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 393Please respect copyright.PENANASIxIXD4DMi
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 393Please respect copyright.PENANApOv2hDuS3f
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 393Please respect copyright.PENANA8Pq7ea3CAH
"Denis!" Gobs voice 393Please respect copyright.PENANASH3YPX9w5r
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 393Please respect copyright.PENANArbpl1CgVRg
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 393Please respect copyright.PENANABbazsuESPw
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 393Please respect copyright.PENANAA3mNWbJf8O
in a circle.393Please respect copyright.PENANAeaNEI2bsaY
David could easily untie393Please respect copyright.PENANAjyryUufO1o
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the393Please respect copyright.PENANAH2FHxVkshQ
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty393Please respect copyright.PENANAUf41SgR3Y8
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 393Please respect copyright.PENANAzcrp2dDIfG
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.393Please respect copyright.PENANARZi5x79K81
David must've dozed off 393Please respect copyright.PENANAuitegktbfB
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with393Please respect copyright.PENANAm2XrOQMIyC
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 393Please respect copyright.PENANAH6Ba9ISAtM
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAHP2SVGTRcW
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 393Please respect copyright.PENANABdKL3V4xnH
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAx84aa0Prpw
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a393Please respect copyright.PENANANTtxfdYLe2
difference, we'll be able to find them."393Please respect copyright.PENANACAiri5mBo3
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"393Please respect copyright.PENANAeOm3lbc4Tb
"Who'd know?"393Please respect copyright.PENANADoy01MtDyY
"You" David said that as393Please respect copyright.PENANA6eLe2plWq5
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAvgOF4F2O59
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 393Please respect copyright.PENANAVZXe8lyaLO
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had393Please respect copyright.PENANAMAszp5RyAM
a choice so David took a gamble.393Please respect copyright.PENANADhapOLuXfE
It seemed to be paying 393Please respect copyright.PENANAix9dyVIKzn
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook393Please respect copyright.PENANAbu7ApKtiGo
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 393Please respect copyright.PENANATo1i1fpmPN
wrong move and you're dead."393Please respect copyright.PENANAVKFVZsQ4cj
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."393Please respect copyright.PENANAh9BSWsXdCo
Gob grunted at that. "No393Please respect copyright.PENANA2qOg8xL2aF
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but393Please respect copyright.PENANAhmeGAhpvnG
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 393Please respect copyright.PENANA4kYUfnshpX
draining from his hands. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0rO4NOV0q
"I'll be able to walk 393Please respect copyright.PENANARCE19bAtiP
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 393Please respect copyright.PENANAmuxv16vYwS
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 393Please respect copyright.PENANARdcMF14RbX
caused David to lose his balance. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAdw4HpgLolF
"The walk should only 393Please respect copyright.PENANAge4eNxDy3t
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 393Please respect copyright.PENANAwScriwtMAP
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go393Please respect copyright.PENANAQTC2TbaJio
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 393Please respect copyright.PENANAm5euJNmRPv
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 393Please respect copyright.PENANAmbKViaR1wk
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 393Please respect copyright.PENANA7lTpILUjiO
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 393Please respect copyright.PENANAeiR1R9ue8J
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.393Please respect copyright.PENANAjuxFXdSsfX
To Gobs credit he wasn't393Please respect copyright.PENANANKBqhExccp
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 393Please respect copyright.PENANAuBHbCfuVmi
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 393Please respect copyright.PENANA9NN7SWhASd
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 393Please respect copyright.PENANAbG17QO6BfM
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAaWsLwY8TuB
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.393Please respect copyright.PENANAmQacoxaGVp
First there was Denis, 393Please respect copyright.PENANAv6oIiNyDPD
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 393Please respect copyright.PENANA3fmiHPaZpP
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 393Please respect copyright.PENANAMY1Uu62vG9
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 393Please respect copyright.PENANArqai856M5E
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 393Please respect copyright.PENANAkWkMYyOipf
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 393Please respect copyright.PENANASlgdHAlKuO
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAnLVqNLQ56i
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He393Please respect copyright.PENANAdNf61Rm6bQ
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAF95YXdWtHY
All in all a group of 393Please respect copyright.PENANA3qJbdJKseW
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 393Please respect copyright.PENANASoANxGaJVM
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 393Please respect copyright.PENANA2e6YfrjhBK
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see393Please respect copyright.PENANAtNyIcozH7X
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 393Please respect copyright.PENANAfrhid6XAzO
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 393Please respect copyright.PENANADlSlqaLRdX
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 393Please respect copyright.PENANAfEdhrBM2UJ
stuff. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAaRuK3qgxSo
Sadly except the names 393Please respect copyright.PENANA3vDnvMRazb
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,393Please respect copyright.PENANA9KZZEbrA9G
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 393Please respect copyright.PENANALSS3zP9rg3
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 393Please respect copyright.PENANAbEdpXv0Zlu
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 393Please respect copyright.PENANA7HHZrPRdhU
childhood. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAS32OKBTvIP
David also paid 393Please respect copyright.PENANAD0fsMxhPBP
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 393Please respect copyright.PENANAfAIeIwhUfH
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 393Please respect copyright.PENANAI9UuZPmwNr
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could393Please respect copyright.PENANAZnP5XZqoDP
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.393Please respect copyright.PENANAtsUc4ULlXx
The closer they got the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAZp2pYR9NSe
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate393Please respect copyright.PENANAQHdEO3lXSV
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 393Please respect copyright.PENANAujy1ozAAbd
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably393Please respect copyright.PENANApbz4v1Fp5U
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both393Please respect copyright.PENANAWrfQF3Z7CJ
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 393Please respect copyright.PENANALnypk3F0Tk
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 393Please respect copyright.PENANAnPsZ1stuFS
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 393Please respect copyright.PENANAtR5l5gS5Hc
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.393Please respect copyright.PENANAoFoyS8vMDF
They were able to hear 393Please respect copyright.PENANAfPixW40nQW
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 393Please respect copyright.PENANAi8iKT0Rt5H
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 393Please respect copyright.PENANAvnNOCBYqGQ
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 393Please respect copyright.PENANAPsb1kR9Lql
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.393Please respect copyright.PENANAm1l6V1DZII
"Get down, behind the 393Please respect copyright.PENANA7C7XlzJItX
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 393Please respect copyright.PENANAZKqUVVqsRL
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying393Please respect copyright.PENANAsNPvrONtMk
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and393Please respect copyright.PENANAgOTVwFjLOo
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 393Please respect copyright.PENANA9gKTrYo6ij
nicely with the surroundings.393Please respect copyright.PENANAqaZN6hM1l7
With a groan David 393Please respect copyright.PENANAXbjN4V7rXO
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at393Please respect copyright.PENANA6z7NWZLv6s
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 393Please respect copyright.PENANAZG2BrnYBJa
grunt. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAVgwqmoYzAM
They all had to cover 393Please respect copyright.PENANAVZUx5nNyxE
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 393Please respect copyright.PENANAZAoGZlvmsu
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 393Please respect copyright.PENANAD62M8SYheC
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 393Please respect copyright.PENANA18lvXc2fou
them.393Please respect copyright.PENANAqkxnxHrhGH
With a tug of the rope 393Please respect copyright.PENANAtpVTR9RCX0
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 393Please respect copyright.PENANAoSYdvoaSFK
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the393Please respect copyright.PENANAv4qW52ZDWq
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left393Please respect copyright.PENANARcxsZgV9Hb
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 393Please respect copyright.PENANAxH71cvZ3uN
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.393Please respect copyright.PENANAQJZaKZWh9V
"So, where's this hold?"393Please respect copyright.PENANAPmFmm4U9Zh
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAxXIVlPlrci
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 393Please respect copyright.PENANAS6dYGesS0e
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.393Please respect copyright.PENANALQqqkU7JRK
"It's there and looks 393Please respect copyright.PENANAym1kR9TKJ8
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 393Please respect copyright.PENANAmlsgd2vohE
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob393Please respect copyright.PENANAmcSp3rGAMY
"Corruption knows. They 393Please respect copyright.PENANAbYT2PHgaGQ
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 393Please respect copyright.PENANAeMaC3urRnC
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 393Please respect copyright.PENANA8fPaPyDSzn
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 393Please respect copyright.PENANA2qOLs7xYhI
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 393Please respect copyright.PENANAMVzH8kP19o
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.393Please respect copyright.PENANAgP9yh2Z0oB
David made a move to 393Please respect copyright.PENANA5N6KGLaELA
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 393Please respect copyright.PENANALUKxrzuTbH
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 393Please respect copyright.PENANAmEUt0JEFw3
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 393Please respect copyright.PENANAgh4ogc2HlY
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 393Please respect copyright.PENANAcOkP6U0PuC
them. "I think we're in trouble."393Please respect copyright.PENANAZctcGfZJFF
Gob pulled the telescope393Please respect copyright.PENANA2fUakeUhoo
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 393Please respect copyright.PENANAka7nqn1b3v
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 393Please respect copyright.PENANAzlHUDWnvqp
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 393Please respect copyright.PENANAnUE0Sk18AZ
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 393Please respect copyright.PENANAyxohDZrB6d
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 393Please respect copyright.PENANAXqe3pGaoHr
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 393Please respect copyright.PENANACn32RJRgvf
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 393Please respect copyright.PENANAvy3zGZ0AXf
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 393Please respect copyright.PENANAOvFelG3tIU
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 393Please respect copyright.PENANAtmfUYAGjeY
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 393Please respect copyright.PENANAsLJ9Sw4m0W
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 393Please respect copyright.PENANAr7WM2lLjHu
reason." He added the last part in a grumble393Please respect copyright.PENANAVGqT798tYN
Gob pulled away from 393Please respect copyright.PENANAAOJvb2qOtT
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 393Please respect copyright.PENANABDlTLnran1
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing393Please respect copyright.PENANAeslJSlc1uR
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown393Please respect copyright.PENANAd6YOFNQkpP
you in your own shit" 393Please respect copyright.PENANADLuppZ4Yfi
"Now form up and let's 393Please respect copyright.PENANAPgNL8hf2uK
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 393Please respect copyright.PENANAgPJTE3S1Ns
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with393Please respect copyright.PENANA6cEXeuD6iY
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a393Please respect copyright.PENANAROPcvv6iRY
long while.