Natsuko was vaguely annoyed - A.C. wasn't even noticing the mini-missiles any more.
And a vaguely annoyed Natsuko was a vaguely dangerous Natsuko. Or so she told herself.
She was sure this trick wouldn't kill A.C. or any of her party - but there was always a chance. Besides it would at least slow her down for a couple of seconds, which might be enough to take her out some other way while she was distracted.
No, wait - of course A.C. wouldn't be distracted.
This was just Natsuko being petty.
But it kept her busy while she thought of something else.
Natsuko carefully set the mercury switch so that the claymore mine on top of the cache - with its "front" pointed downward, toward the cache - would go off if it was jostled at all, then she carefully tiptoed away ...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
And a vaguely annoyed Natsuko was a vaguely dangerous Natsuko. Or so she told herself.
She was sure this trick wouldn't kill A.C. or any of her party - but there was always a chance. Besides it would at least slow her down for a couple of seconds, which might be enough to take her out some other way while she was distracted.
No, wait - of course A.C. wouldn't be distracted.
This was just Natsuko being petty.
But it kept her busy while she thought of something else.
Natsuko carefully set the mercury switch so that the claymore mine on top of the cache - with its "front" pointed downward, toward the cache - would go off if it was jostled at all, then she carefully tiptoed away ...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012