79.6 Rush

"Is that a threat?" the annoying prick cooed at me like a child. "I can have you arrested for disrespecting a soldier of the Empire, you know?"

My anger flared while my mind rejoiced. This was good. "It's not like I'm not a wanted fugitive anyway. If you knew who I am, you'd arrest me either way."

"Oh, I know exactly who you are, Rouge of the Rebellion."

An eyebrow twitched as he mockingly taunted me again. I could already tell he was going to shame me for my failed plans. The question would then be how clever he was going to be with his words.

"A seemingly noble effort to try and save those that are not even up to your level," Baldman waxed poetic, his gestures and pointed fingers making me aggravated to no end. "I know not how a clear Zahler such as yourself managed to find yourself inside a Nenner Furnace of all places, but I suppose that if you wish to live among the trash, then you deserve to be called trash, correct?"