VII. Hard Bargain
Santerna’s question had been addressed to Mayhew, but once more it was Patel who responded first.
“If you think we’ll surrender, because we’re afraid of death, then you’re sorely mistaken. We’re warriors, not cowards, and we will face our deaths unafraid…”
Mayhew tuned her out. It was standard Imperial propaganda anyway, nothing he hadn’t heard a thousand time before. Though as propaganda went, it was certainly effective.
Because Patel would not surrender. She’d stand her ground, until Santerna’s poison gas melted her lungs. Because the Shakyri warriors were f*****g fanatics, trained to always choose death over capture. Hell, the last time Mayhew had seen Patel, she’d threatened to dose herself with DNA dissolver, so there would be nothing left for his people to captu
