"Why are we waiting here?" Rolando had moved from drunk to hung over. Peter had moved from caring about his life to waiting to see if a spider would eat him.
"I was told to get you and wait here, so that's what we're doing." Peter's patience for the lieutenant was many hours and many dead spiders long past. They were holed up now in an apartment building that had been abandoned after the spider assault. Peter was glad for the reprieve, but tired of listening to the sobering up, but more annoying Lorentino.
"Who told you?"
"The Fire God, though its been a while since we've talked, perhaps the information got lost, and we were supposed to move on from here." Peter wanted to put his hammer through Lorentino's head and be done with him, but he had instructions and so he followed them even against his better judgement.
"So what's your story big guy?"
"Peter."
"Peter, why are you here following a god's word?"
"I'm her voice, I do as she commands." Rolando scoffed at that.
"Just another follower. I met her once, I bet you haven't even done that." Peter grabbed Lorentino and pinned him to the wall.
"She brought me back to life and made me what I am, I can't imagine why she met you, or why she wants you alive, but I can imagine its so others can point to you and see what not do in life." He let Rolando go and he hit the ground gasping for air.
"Man you need to learn to take a joke."
"If there is someone on this world who likes you Mr. Lorentino, you might want to find them and bother them for a bit."
"The spiders seem to like me." Peter laughed at that, and Rolando felt a little at ease. And so they waited, for what neither man could tell, but waiting was all they had other than the spiders hunting them.
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