“Did you get them secured?”

“Yeah, I woulda liked to slit their throats.”

“I don’t think you could have if you tried. He is always watching.”

“Probably right. Damn near gives me the willies just bein’ on the same ship with them. It aint right!”
“I know, that’s why we’re doing this. The last thing I want is Him mad at me, but someone’s got to stop Him.”
“Come on, we need to get to the bridge. Our sensors have picked up two more of those Dread ships approaching fast. I want to get out of here as quick as possible.”

The two of them leave. I want to barf. Kliim voices my sentiments exactly.

“Did that fucker just say she wanted to slit the nun’s throats? I think I’m going to go slit her throat and see how she likes it.”
“Hold on. Did you hear he rest of what she said?”
“Yeah, something about dreaded ships or something. What the hell’s that supposed to mean.”
“It means the reinforcements are here and your blessed diversion as well. We have very little time before this little area of space gets really hot.”
“Dreaded. Dread. Oh, I get it. It’s about time they got here!"

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