Intermission 8 Page 31
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“I’d been on over a dozen of these relocation missions, but this was the last one.”
“As in, according to the Emperor, this was the last group of goblins living outside of the Empire’s territory.”
“And it felt like the goblins knew that.”
“They killed more than half our forces in the first few moments, in an explosion of violence.”
“There would always be a couple who put up a fight, but this was new and caught us off guard.”
“Our commanding officer gave the order to retreat, but in the confusion I’d been separated from the rest of the company. I didn’t hear it, and if I had I wouldn’t have been able to reach them.”
“At the time it seemed like the only thing I could do was fight my way out.”
“And I did.”
Is that “cleave” in action? I guess Kamau would have to spend some time/effort to re-learn some skills he already had before losing an arm/doing jail time, because of how much changed between then and now.
And I really like (as much as one can like something so violent) how the “motion illustrator” wedge is turning red(er) where the sword hit the goblins. 🙂 However, I kind of feel like the blood should be on the other side of the sword, the one it connected with the bodies first.
Hmm, those look like trees. I was wondering if this was the same mountain camp which was burning in the background of Lohk’s Kofi preview as she ran with baby Ricki, but we’d need a zoom shot to say.