[Hayame does not have the time nor the heart left to think about that soldier, even though she had two, large and pounding in her chests. She's never had the space in her for life that, whether it was the yearlings she had grown up beside who were gradually sold off, the Armless of the stables who had glared at her resentfully when not just vacant-eyed and slack-jawed like broken horses, the-
No, she had tried, in that village hidden in the mountains. She had just failed. She had tried again here, for someone who had put a knife in her hands after she awoke here with nothing, and if she fails again-
Her gaze looks to the sky.
She might.
If she doesn't get closer, if she can't make it to some high, vacant roof-
The church with the statue that Eustace had mentioned comes into view... and Hayame scrambles to a stop, turning back behind her to try and find the guide she has outstripped in speed... and when she does, she raises her bow, her lips curling back in a snarl, her one remaining eye blazing with anger as she releases her arrow...
That hits an Achamite soldier in the leg as they raise their own weapon to attack Eustace as he rounds the corner.
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No, she had tried, in that village hidden in the mountains. She had just failed. She had tried again here, for someone who had put a knife in her hands after she awoke here with nothing, and if she fails again-
Her gaze looks to the sky.
She might.
If she doesn't get closer, if she can't make it to some high, vacant roof-
The church with the statue that Eustace had mentioned comes into view... and Hayame scrambles to a stop, turning back behind her to try and find the guide she has outstripped in speed... and when she does, she raises her bow, her lips curling back in a snarl, her one remaining eye blazing with anger as she releases her arrow...
That hits an Achamite soldier in the leg as they raise their own weapon to attack Eustace as he rounds the corner.
She'd been aiming for the chest.]