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He could have even denied O’Connell his horse, a sentence all but equal to death this far from civilization, and would have been completely within his rights to do so… but he did not.
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He could have commanded O’Connell to scour the Medjai tattoos from his skin with sand.
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Leave this place, or die.”Īrdeth could have demanded that O’Connell relinquish his sword. “You have been my brother, so I give you the gift of your life.
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In a draw, Ardeth had no equal among the Medjai. He did not point it at O’Connell, but it did not matter. The sound of Ardeth’s sword clearing his belt rang clear and piercing through the tense moment. You’re not protecting the world if you add more.” “That’s all you have to say? Ardeth, there’s enough blood soaked into Hamunaptra’s sand. He jerked away from O’Connell, successfully this time. Ardeth’s blood chilled even as his face went hot. There’s only people up here, Ardeth, but you’ve already decided they’re less important than a Pharaoh dead in the ground.”Ī stillness clutched the air in the tent, like the claw-curled fingers of the dead themselves. There’s good people who just want to get through the day and go home, and there’s evil people who send the good ones to die alone and in fear. “I know you know it, but do you know why I don’t believe in your Creature, Ardeth? Because there aren’t Creatures up here in this world, there’s only people. You have spent three thousand years serving a memory.”Īrdeth pulled roughly, but O’Connell held him fast and did not back down, like a lion with its prey. He’s out there under the sand, and his time is done. “ The Pharaoh isn’t here!” O’Connell surged right up into Ardeth’s face and grasped his sword arm, lip curled and face flushed. Three thousand years of uninterrupted service to the Pharaoh-” You mock the Medjai’s most sacred calling with plotting these… these false curses and plagues. “I’ve long known you do not respect the threat the Creature represents. He knew O’Connell would follow the man had no sense of when to stop clinging to an argument.
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Yes! ” Inside his tent, Ardeth began the process of belting on every one of his weapons a very precise pattern of guns, blades, and ammunition, carefully calculated so that none of them would interfere with the other in the heat of battle. “To protect the world from the Creature? Let me think. “But you can accept more death on your conscience.” O’Connell’s hands were in fists at his sides, knuckles straining white, but the sight only made Ardeth more incensed. “They knock on the very doors of Hamunaptra, ripping treasures from the sacred chambers! It is only a matter of time before they find the Creature, and the tools for his awakening! This is an outcome we cannot accept!” You are crippled by your sympathies to these intruders and thieves.” Your attempt at intimidation, the sabotage of their supplies, the ancient traps - it has done nothing to deter your Colonel or the others. “We must drive them out tonight, because your ridiculous plan failed, O’Connell. It was not often that the Medjai engaged in frontal assaults, but their hand been forced. Guns and sword belts clattered, ammunition clicked as it was loaded, horses stamped and snorted, and the murmurings of prayers painted a mood of dreaded anticipation. Around them, the Medjai camp bustled with activity and noise. “I have ordered an attack on the expedition camp.” Ardeth continued, voice lower but still furious. “ I can and I have!” The expression on his face must have been impressive O’Connell actually stopped in his tracks and shut his mouth with a click. Pity it did nothing to deter the one following behind him.Īrdeth spun in place and bellowed so furiously he startled the horse waiting by his tent. With the way anyone in his path immediately shrank back, perhaps his eyes were also spitting lightning. “No.” Ardeth’s black robes billowed and snapped like a terrible stormcloud coursing through the camp toward his tent.