"Ah... shit" Tony mumbles and scrambles away as the kid starts to twitch. He's pretty sure being near him is only going to make it worse.
And then the hacking comes and Tony knows it's only blinding pain for the kid from here on out.
Its pity that moves him; drives him back towards the dying young boy.
"Look. Um..." he scrambles around on the cold wet ground to get back a little closer. "You'll thank me for this later, I hope. But this is about to get real bad."
The knife is near and sharp and Tony is stronger and faster than most people give him credit for. And perhaps most importantly: Tony knows quite a good deal about the human heart. Where it is and it's vitality and just how very fragile it can be.
He wants it to be quick for him. Its the least he can do. For the kid. And for himself. They are the most interesting thing on television right now, and anyone keeping score back home knows as well as he does, this will be his first kill in this arena or any other before now.
This will be good for them both.
That's what he has to tell himself as he feels the hot red blood on his hands. "Hope to catch you on the flipside, kid," he says to the boy almost hopefully, and even almost smiles. "It's better there."
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And then the hacking comes and Tony knows it's only blinding pain for the kid from here on out.
Its pity that moves him; drives him back towards the dying young boy.
"Look. Um..." he scrambles around on the cold wet ground to get back a little closer. "You'll thank me for this later, I hope. But this is about to get real bad."
The knife is near and sharp and Tony is stronger and faster than most people give him credit for. And perhaps most importantly: Tony knows quite a good deal about the human heart. Where it is and it's vitality and just how very fragile it can be.
He wants it to be quick for him. Its the least he can do. For the kid. And for himself. They are the most interesting thing on television right now, and anyone keeping score back home knows as well as he does, this will be his first kill in this arena or any other before now.
This will be good for them both.
That's what he has to tell himself as he feels the hot red blood on his hands. "Hope to catch you on the flipside, kid," he says to the boy almost hopefully, and even almost smiles. "It's better there."