He cuts the man down brutally, the second cut upward, severing the ropes holding her arms. He finally releases his grip on the bat'leth with one hand so he can catch her, guessing she'd collapse without the bindings.
"Secure the prisoners - we don't have the facilities to hold them, but we can inform them of that and threaten to execute anyone who doesn't cooperate - they'll believe it." he tells the men following him. "Get everything - their codes, the best gear, one or two high profile officers as prisoners... then bind the rest and leave them here. Whoever comes to secure the place will deal with them worse than we would, no doubt. Let them live with their failure. We have twenty minutes, go."
Then his attention returns to her. "I am grateful to find you alive. I had thought you lost."
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Date: 2012-05-18 06:53 am (UTC)"Secure the prisoners - we don't have the facilities to hold them, but we can inform them of that and threaten to execute anyone who doesn't cooperate - they'll believe it." he tells the men following him. "Get everything - their codes, the best gear, one or two high profile officers as prisoners... then bind the rest and leave them here. Whoever comes to secure the place will deal with them worse than we would, no doubt. Let them live with their failure. We have twenty minutes, go."
Then his attention returns to her. "I am grateful to find you alive. I had thought you lost."