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- Now run, zealot. Run for Aiur.
- And Teredal ran. He stumbled after a dozen steps, tripping into the sand. But he lifted
- himself up again and kept running. This final bit would be little more than half the distance of
- his last leg, but already his hearts were aching. And Teredal could not shake the blur from his
- vision.
- Run.
- The shadows began to slowly creep away from the base of the cliff he followed. Teredal
- urged himself to run faster, and his legs stretched into that steady, timeless pace for which the
- zealots were known. Sand became gravel became rock became sand again.
- Faster.
- He ran faster. The pain dimmed, and Teredal knew that this was the numbing taste of
- death as it drew near.
- Faster.
- His footfalls sounded heavy against the sand. They echoed off the rock walls. Echoed
- and grew, magnified into pounding, crashing waves of noise. Ultralisks. Screeches carried
- through the thin air. There were zerg behind him, hungry beasts hunting the creature who had
- evaded them for so long. Now his path was known, his cover vanishing as the sky lightened.
- Faster.
- Rocks tumbled down from the canyon walls on either side. Zerglings were running
- parallel to Teredal's course, matching his speed as they searched for a way to descend and
- attack. The rumbling was louder behind him. He could see light rimming the top of the
- mountains. Dawn approached.
- And then Teredal was through the canyon and out into an open patch of gravel. His
- destination lay ahead: an ancient crater, a circular mark on the face of Saalok discernible from
- Aiur. There would not be any more cover. No more hiding. Only running.
- The noise was louder now. Teredal could hear the quick sound of claws on stone, the
- zerglings sprinting for the last stretch. The creatures were fast.
- But they are not zealots.
- Faster.
- A final burst of speed, energy coming from reserves Teredal did not know he had. The
- crater grew larger ahead, and he pulled the beacon from his belt.
- The ambush lies there. If I can just deliver the beacon before…
- Cold Symmetry, pgs 34 & 35
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