The Heretic Land
“They have me! he thought, because his nightmares had been of the slayers. They had caught up with him, Leki and Bon just before they reached the gas marshes, crucifying the other two on sparse trees. Then they had slashed Juda’s ankles to the bone, so that as he lay in the mud he could watch the two people he’d tried to save die. They had screamed as their weight hauled them down against the nails in their wrists, suffocating slowly.
The rest of his seemingly endless dream had been the slayers ...turning to him and considering what his own tortures should entail. The nightmare was not in witnessing what they had done to Bon and Leki, nor even seeing their horrendous, dead-but-living expressions. It was in his own imagination as he wondered what might come next. Juda had seen a lot on Skythe, and heard a lot more. He could imagine so much.
He opened his eyes and struggled against the slayers’ hold, but then he saw Bon and Leki looking down upon him, not from the sparse trees but from where they knelt at his side.MoreLess
The rest of his seemingly endless dream had been the slayers ...turning to him and considering what his own tortures should entail. The nightmare was not in witnessing what they had done to Bon and Leki, nor even seeing their horrendous, dead-but-living expressions. It was in his own imagination as he wondered what might come next. Juda had seen a lot on Skythe, and heard a lot more. He could imagine so much.
He opened his eyes and struggled against the slayers’ hold, but then he saw Bon and Leki looking down upon him, not from the sparse trees but from where they knelt at his side.MoreLess
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