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- Title: Run, They Said (Short Story)
- Author : Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
- Release Date : January 22, 2005
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 321 KB
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The sun was bright above us when we chased them back to the bay. They dropped their shields and spears in the tall grass and leapt into the water. We followed them, running into the shallows, and I saw Cynaegirus reach their vessel first, his long arms stretching to grasp the carved goddess on the stern. I saw the flash, sunlight on sharp metal, as the swift are of the axe hacked at his wrist and cut off his left hand. Cynaegirus fell into my arms, howling, blood spurting from his wrist, and we tumbled into the waves. I dragged him back to shore, tried to stem the bleeding with my hands, but it was futile. It gushed between my fingers. Someone brought me the robes of a fallen enemy and we wrapped his wound in the pale yellow garment. It did no good. His blood marred the clear water like a cloud in blue sky. He bled so much. He died ten feet from the shore of his father's land. Others of us had been more successful and we boarded seven of their ships before the rest sailed, stunned by our resistance. I was still kneeling by my cousin's body when Miltiades' shadow fell across my back.