Jin put on a confused expression, pretending not to understand.
The pirate’s buddy nudged the other.“He’s a wizard.He probably only speaks their language.”
“What should we do with him?”someone asked in a low voice.
“Take him with us,” the person in charge said.“There isn’t time to take him back to the cell.We’re already late to rendezvous with the powers that be.”
Oh, goody.Jin was going to get his way after all.
Kira – The Cells
There was a soft exclamation from behind Kira as she focused on making herself seem as non-threatening as possible.A difficult task with all the ripping of throats she’d just done.
“What did you do?And how?”Roderick demanded, limping into the room with an expression of disbelief as he took in the half dozen or so bodies around her.
“What kind of question is that?”Kira shot back.
He’d been there for the fight she had with Mars.Compared to that, this was nothing.
Roderick blinked at Arly’s presence, looking her up and down with a suspicious frown.“I thought the inquisitors crippled yourki.”
“They did.”Kira smiled at the three peering out from under the cot.“But you don’t need soul’s breath to take a life.You just need to know where to stab.”
And she was an expert at that.
Though being a touch not right in the head and willing to take crazy risks also helped.
“Don’t be afraid,” Kira told the children.“I’m not here to hurt you.”
“We know.He already told us,” the biggest, a boy around Ziva’s age, said.
“Are you talking about a boy?Brown skin?Pretty golden eyes?”Kira held her hand up beside her.“About this big.”
The smallest, a girl around a toddler’s age, fastened sage green eyes on Kira.“Youse latse.”
Kira blinked.“What was that, sweetie?”
“Yoush latesh,” the child lisped.
“She said you’re late,” the older girl announced.
“He told you to say that, didn’t he?”
That sounded like something Jin would do.
They nodded in unison.Their faces entirely too trusting given everything they’d gone through.Probably Jin’s effect.
She didn’t know why but kids always seemed to gravitate toward him.
“Do you know where the boy went?”Kira asked.
“They took him,” the eldest answered.
“Took him where?”
The older girl pointed.“That way.”
Kira glanced in the direction she indicated.“We’re going to play a little game.It’s called ‘move like ghosts.’”
