HH荷鲁斯叛乱《异端初现》渣翻7(6)
‘Yes. Someone is alive out there.’
THE STRANGER STAGGERED over the broken ground. When her foot caught on a jutting hump of rock, she tumbled forward without a sound, crashing down hard. There she remained, prone in the ash, breathing in arrhythmic wheezes as she sought to summon the strength to stand again.
‘You didn’t pull the trigger,’ Torgal said. ‘None of us did. That’s what matters.’
Judging by the bleeding sores on her palms and knees, it was a performance she’d repeated many times, over many days.
Her scarlet robes were filthy and shredded, though they were clearly of inexpensive weave even before they’d suffered the indignity of neglect. Argel Tal watched her from afar, as the lurching figure made her painful way across the blasted terrain. She seemed to have no specific direction in mind, often turning back on herself, and pausing to crouch and catch her breath after each stumble.
The Astartes moved closer. The stranger’s head came up immediately.
THE STRANGER STAGGERED over the broken ground. When her foot caught on a jutting hump of rock, she tumbled forward without a sound, crashing down hard. There she remained, prone in the ash, breathing in arrhythmic wheezes as she sought to summon the strength to stand again.
‘You didn’t pull the trigger,’ Torgal said. ‘None of us did. That’s what matters.’
Judging by the bleeding sores on her palms and knees, it was a performance she’d repeated many times, over many days.
Her scarlet robes were filthy and shredded, though they were clearly of inexpensive weave even before they’d suffered the indignity of neglect. Argel Tal watched her from afar, as the lurching figure made her painful way across the blasted terrain. She seemed to have no specific direction in mind, often turning back on herself, and pausing to crouch and catch her breath after each stumble.
The Astartes moved closer. The stranger’s head came up immediately.