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Zerglings match Zealot speed, Cold Symmetry

Dec 17th, 2024
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  1. Now run, zealot. Run for Aiur.
  2.  
  3. And Teredal ran. He stumbled after a dozen steps, tripping into the sand. But he lifted
  4. himself up again and kept running. This final bit would be little more than half the distance of
  5. his last leg, but already his hearts were aching. And Teredal could not shake the blur from his
  6. vision.
  7.  
  8. Run.
  9.  
  10. The shadows began to slowly creep away from the base of the cliff he followed. Teredal
  11. urged himself to run faster, and his legs stretched into that steady, timeless pace for which the
  12. zealots were known. Sand became gravel became rock became sand again.
  13.  
  14. Faster.
  15.  
  16. He ran faster. The pain dimmed, and Teredal knew that this was the numbing taste of
  17. death as it drew near.
  18.  
  19. Faster.
  20.  
  21. His footfalls sounded heavy against the sand. They echoed off the rock walls. Echoed
  22. and grew, magnified into pounding, crashing waves of noise. Ultralisks. Screeches carried
  23. through the thin air. There were zerg behind him, hungry beasts hunting the creature who had
  24. evaded them for so long. Now his path was known, his cover vanishing as the sky lightened.
  25.  
  26. Faster.
  27.  
  28. Rocks tumbled down from the canyon walls on either side. Zerglings were running
  29. parallel to Teredal's course, matching his speed as they searched for a way to descend and
  30. attack. The rumbling was louder behind him. He could see light rimming the top of the
  31. mountains. Dawn approached.
  32.  
  33. And then Teredal was through the canyon and out into an open patch of gravel. His
  34. destination lay ahead: an ancient crater, a circular mark on the face of Saalok discernible from
  35. Aiur. There would not be any more cover. No more hiding. Only running.
  36.  
  37. The noise was louder now. Teredal could hear the quick sound of claws on stone, the
  38. zerglings sprinting for the last stretch. The creatures were fast.
  39.  
  40. But they are not zealots.
  41.  
  42. Faster.
  43.  
  44. A final burst of speed, energy coming from reserves Teredal did not know he had. The
  45. crater grew larger ahead, and he pulled the beacon from his belt.
  46.  
  47. The ambush lies there. If I can just deliver the beacon before…
  48.  
  49. Cold Symmetry, pgs 34 & 35
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