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The person who had bitten him was a woman with a wide smile. The beard punched her in her face and threw her to the ground. The beard felt alive as he stamped on her head until she was not alive. Then the beard felt bad. The woman had once been like him. He had his beard and she had her smile. Now her smile was gone and the beard was bleeding.

Damien smiled at her. “My advice, go for the balls!”
“Please! I’ve been kicking men in the balls for as long as I can remember. My advice to you is not to get in my way.”
Damien sniggered. “Nice meeting you, Anna.”
“You too, Damien.”
They turned to face the approaching mob, unarmed yet ready – ready to die fighting.
Then something struck the ship and all hell broke loose.

Anna felt a fire burning. At first she thought it was coming from her gut, but then she started to feel it against her skin. The delicate flesh of her cheek started to tingle and burn, but she did not care. She breathed in the pain like it was power. The more it hurt her, the more conviction that filled her heart, until she could stand it no more and stumbled away.