Funerary Rites 39: Trouble

[aldersprig]

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“Sir.  Put the girl down.”



“I don’t like people getting in my business.  I don’t people assuming things that aren’t true,” Erramun-as-Eddy snarled.  Senga sort of wanted to be down, because the tension in the guards’ voices sounded like it was ratcheting up and she couldn’t see their faces.  



“We’re not getting in your business.  We’re just gonna call a taxi for the girl, okay?”





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Comments

[sauergeek]

Huh. Was the extra person with the gun a backup for the guards, or someone else trying for the same target — or trying for Senga and crew? Here's hoping that one of the crew that wasn't on distraction duty can tell them, because they, or at least Senga, don't seem to have been terribly aware given the increasingly hostile guards.

Hooray for being prepared. I was hoping that Erramun would have something other than himself to stop the bullet, rather than just being able to hide it. Senga's preparation would seem to be enough to hold everything together until they can get out of the area. I hope.