[ Even if the pain is definitely a distraction as he straightens his back. So is everything about this man—it's bizarre to see someone so imposing and well-built out in the wild, as it were. People like this populated the upper echelons of the society he's come from, rungs he himself hadn't yet reached by the time he was pulled from North Korea to come here—this man, despite his humble mode of dressing, was apparently doing well for himself: he's eating regularly, his skin lacks any dullness, he grew up with enough food to be much taller than himself. Undoubtedly he was born to a higher caste than Cheol-gang himself was, though that isn't saying much.
The bandage is still warm, he realizes, heat lingering from where it rested against the man's carotid artery during its tour of service as a necktie. He's not sure how he feels about that, or why he feels anything about that detail, so he shelves the observation for the time being. Not too difficult to do, wounded as he is. ]
There are bound to be more of them and they'll probably smell my blood. Are you armed?
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[ Even if the pain is definitely a distraction as he straightens his back. So is everything about this man—it's bizarre to see someone so imposing and well-built out in the wild, as it were. People like this populated the upper echelons of the society he's come from, rungs he himself hadn't yet reached by the time he was pulled from North Korea to come here—this man, despite his humble mode of dressing, was apparently doing well for himself: he's eating regularly, his skin lacks any dullness, he grew up with enough food to be much taller than himself. Undoubtedly he was born to a higher caste than Cheol-gang himself was, though that isn't saying much.
The bandage is still warm, he realizes, heat lingering from where it rested against the man's carotid artery during its tour of service as a necktie. He's not sure how he feels about that, or why he feels anything about that detail, so he shelves the observation for the time being. Not too difficult to do, wounded as he is. ]
There are bound to be more of them and they'll probably smell my blood. Are you armed?