[ It's the strangest goddamn thing in the world, hearing Vasquez's voice like that, and Faraday stiffens when he hears it. It's different, like nothing he's ever heard from the other man. Hell, it's like nothing he's ever heard, full stop.
(even if it tugs at a faint, distant memory at the back of his head)
Anton is the first to obey, and Faraday watches, stunned, as Anton drops his rifle and Faraday's pistols. ]
The hell are you doing, boy?
[ Gilbert grits it out at Anton, but he grimaces, his own rage giving him a bit of an edge. He only lasts a heartbeat longer than Anton against that alien pain before he's tossing his gun away, along with a Bowie knife and a spare pistol. ]
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(even if it tugs at a faint, distant memory at the back of his head)
Anton is the first to obey, and Faraday watches, stunned, as Anton drops his rifle and Faraday's pistols. ]
The hell are you doing, boy?
[ Gilbert grits it out at Anton, but he grimaces, his own rage giving him a bit of an edge. He only lasts a heartbeat longer than Anton against that alien pain before he's tossing his gun away, along with a Bowie knife and a spare pistol. ]