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A stranger's face appeared above her, black and haunting against circle of daylight above. He wasted no time in getting to the crux of the matter. Bazi snarled viciously - ineffectually - at her would-be rescuer. The vast majority of bleeding hearts around here would save her without sparing a thought for their own safety - misguided kindness that Bazi had benefited from more than once. But not this guy. She considered telling him that she would spare his life, but that didn't give him much incentive to pull her out. It was only out of sheer desperation that she was able to calm herself down enough to respond. "Well, what do you want?" she replied shakily, still standing on her back legs.