[Kratos's voice is thin, and doesn't quite notice that he's sped up, almost bypassing Yuan entirely. There's people watching, vanishing behind walls and into ruined houses or under tarpauline when they see Yuan's uniform. This area has become a shanty-town for the homeless.]
But -- the artillery --
[The artillery would have made evacuation difficult. And the rest of the city would have been evacuating too. They reach a place in the road where the slope eases somewhat, where the arch of the aquaduct abruptly ends in a broken pillar and a pile of rubble in the house on top of the hill.
[But below that is the house in front of which Kratos stops short, his chest feeling so tight he can hardy breathe, his knees locking so he can't move. The front of the building is gone. It's just ... open, as if the weaponsfire had reached in and torn off the roof, and cast it all into what remained of the building as debris. He can see clear through to the buildings behind.]
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[Kratos's voice is thin, and doesn't quite notice that he's sped up, almost bypassing Yuan entirely. There's people watching, vanishing behind walls and into ruined houses or under tarpauline when they see Yuan's uniform. This area has become a shanty-town for the homeless.]
But -- the artillery --
[The artillery would have made evacuation difficult. And the rest of the city would have been evacuating too. They reach a place in the road where the slope eases somewhat, where the arch of the aquaduct abruptly ends in a broken pillar and a pile of rubble in the house on top of the hill.
[But below that is the house in front of which Kratos stops short, his chest feeling so tight he can hardy breathe, his knees locking so he can't move. The front of the building is gone. It's just ... open, as if the weaponsfire had reached in and torn off the roof, and cast it all into what remained of the building as debris. He can see clear through to the buildings behind.]