[Five years ago, they'd been like this together, running from a mass threat. Less than a year ago, Riddick had been like this with Kyra, running from the heat of Crematoria's sun across the craggy surface of the planet. But these people are not that hellfire, not those beautiful predators. Something like drones, working together to a central cause, but still just people. And Riddick was very good at killing people.
He wipes the shiv off on the fabric of the dead guy's shirt, then stands, head turning away slightly to look back the way they'd come.]
Gonna slow me down, Carolyn.
[She'd come back for him, once, a long time ago. Died for the effort, and that hadn't been right, it wasn't meant to be for him. He doesn't want that again, but he isn't going to repay the favour, isn't going to die because he had dead weight dragging him back.]
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He wipes the shiv off on the fabric of the dead guy's shirt, then stands, head turning away slightly to look back the way they'd come.]
Gonna slow me down, Carolyn.
[She'd come back for him, once, a long time ago. Died for the effort, and that hadn't been right, it wasn't meant to be for him. He doesn't want that again, but he isn't going to repay the favour, isn't going to die because he had dead weight dragging him back.]