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"diesel."

the eagle's voice cut through the voices and through the bodies which had gathered. he paced between them with the expectation that he would be heeded.

kallik was already leaping. towhee seemed ready to do the same. "enough!" came the man's raised voice.

germanicus moved to end the beginning conflict with a growl and a lash of his tail.

she was already wounded. why they moved to brutalize her at the border was not something he understood. she had been one of them and for that reason alone he would hear her.

the imperator studied her impassively. she had been lacerated before and now her face was barely recognizable.

she had been gone a long time and germanicus wondered if this had been the reason. "perhaps after you tell me how you came by these new injuries, you might explain why you departed at all for so many weeks."

the thoughts were correct. she was a deserter. he wanted to know why before his judgement was passed.