agaiohuedandtydriver,threealdglaherepathyinhiseyes.</p>

“hewindow”iasked.</p>

helitacigaretteandtuckeditbetainiuckitinthesllholeinthedoorywindow.</p>

faridgaveanotherdisssivelook,thisoy,andokinghisrudfort.</p>

“tashakor,”ittered.ileanedheadoutoftheidafteoonairrushpastfabereditbabaandihaddriventhroughthebrokenterrainbaountainssatalongdeepgesandsoaredtojaggedpeaks.oldfortresses,adobebling,toppedtheyeyesgluedtothesochsettledevenabit,thetruckskiddedarouau,rousingafreshwaveofnausea.</p>

“tryalen.”</p>

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“len.goodforthesiess,”faridsaid.“ialhisdrive.”</p>

“nay,thankyou,”isaid.therethoughtofaddihertaught.”</p>

iregrettedbloy.“inthateso.”</p>

hegrabbedapaperbagfrohebackseatandpluckedahalflenoutofit.ibitdoinutes.“youiserablethanrude.iforcedaile.</p>

“oldediselfaselfsatisfiedlookintherearvieirror.heansapplethatonlypeekedfroehindhisbearduassoudreferredtobytajiksas“thelionofpanjsher.”</p>

itkhaofaridinpeshaefaridahefalytojalalabadantopieeexplosionthathadseveredtoesfroisfeetandthreefingersfroislefthand.afterthat,hehadvedhisopeshawar.</p>

“bled.isluedalittlei,arfoldedayontaboutthenausea.butihaveilitiaapproachedourdilapidatedlandcruiser,tookacurslanside,andwaveduson.</p>

faridkhanandide,alistthat</p>

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