[Kim's voice has only grown colder as the conversation wears on. Reason didn't reach people like the man opposite him, unless they'd been convinced it was their own reason in the first place.]
Then I wish you luck in ruling the roost, sir.
[Kim stands up slowly so that he can adjust to the momentum of the cart while on his feet. He walks to the back latch over which he'd been tossed before, and hops over it with surprising agility for someone who's been stumbling along the road up until now.
A guard was on him in seconds.
What do you think you're doing?]
I've had enough rest. I'm going to walk.
[No one told you to move. Kim could hear the whip thrumming in the guard's hand as he pulled it from his waist.]
I'll walk.
[He repeats himself, gravity turning his words into thick steel, and stares directly into what he knows is the guard's eyes. The guard teeters between which action to take long enough that Kim turns and starts to walk past the cart.
Start stumbling again and we'll tie you to the back and let it drag you behind! The guard called out, but Kim paid him no mind, staying parallel to the cart so he has something large in his weak vision to follow.]
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[Kim's voice has only grown colder as the conversation wears on. Reason didn't reach people like the man opposite him, unless they'd been convinced it was their own reason in the first place.]
Then I wish you luck in ruling the roost, sir.
[Kim stands up slowly so that he can adjust to the momentum of the cart while on his feet. He walks to the back latch over which he'd been tossed before, and hops over it with surprising agility for someone who's been stumbling along the road up until now.
A guard was on him in seconds.
What do you think you're doing?]
I've had enough rest. I'm going to walk.
[No one told you to move. Kim could hear the whip thrumming in the guard's hand as he pulled it from his waist.]
I'll walk.
[He repeats himself, gravity turning his words into thick steel, and stares directly into what he knows is the guard's eyes. The guard teeters between which action to take long enough that Kim turns and starts to walk past the cart.
Start stumbling again and we'll tie you to the back and let it drag you behind! The guard called out, but Kim paid him no mind, staying parallel to the cart so he has something large in his weak vision to follow.]