I cut their heads off from behind. The crackle of the plasma through tissue sends tendrils of burning flesh up into the air and I watch as the entire arena wrinkles their collective nose at me. When I get to Isec he’s crying hysterically and I know that if his feet were not stuck to the floor, he’d be running from me like those girls Ashur is forever watching in his horror screens. I step out in front of him, to at least look him in the eyes, but he squeezes them shut, tightly sealed from reality. His tears drop down his cheeks as I remove his head. And then I shut down the SEAR and stick it
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