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A title of honour similar to "master" or "father", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
He shared another look with Dan.
Brady exchanged a look with Dan.
Instead, he watched red creep up Dan's face.
He looked up at Dan's curious tone.
A ladder lowered, and Brady vaulted onto it, followed by Dan.
Dan rallied his team and broke towards the east, where the first flares had appeared.
Give me Dan's last coords, and I'll see what I can do.
He turned away and spoke in his broken voice to the man called Dan.
He returned to the main medical bay, where he'd taken up a bed near Dan's.
Dan nodded and limped away, speaking into his communicator.
From Dan's whiplike body to Brady's feline-like musculature to the stranger's towering frame, there was no mistaking them for normal soldiers.
Brady didn't think Dan was far off.
Dan pulled the tape from her mouth, and the first words out were curses.
Dan showed her his viewer with the images he'd taken the day before.
Dan shot him a look of amusement before they both turned.
Dan touched his thumb to the thumb pads, and her chains fell away.
She straightened finally with an angry look at Dan, who smiled in response.
Dan led them to Brady's tent and pushed the tent flap open.
Dan said with a startled laugh.
Brady glanced at Dan, his face echoing his own puzzlement.
Dan rose at the command and gripped Elise's arm.
I need Dan, now.
Dan asked in a hushed tone.
Dan slapped him on the arm and strode out.
Dan's got her chained to a tree, she's so mad, Brady said.
Dan appeared soon after, and they sparred until Dan finally signaled he was finished.
He gave a sidelong look at Dan.
Send the coords to Dan.
I'll get it, Dan said, crossing to the kitchen, where one whole cabinet was filled with medical supplies.
Dan called, tossing a small package.
Dan exclaimed happily, pulling chocolate out of the cabinet.
Dan ignored his warning and snagged two pieces of the precious few he had remaining.
The grim note in Dan's voice made Brady quicken his movements.
Elise and Dan were a good team, relaying hand signals and other silent communications with nothing more than a glance at each other.
Dan leaned back into the hollow of the tree in which they'd taken refuge.
Dan settled onto his knees and flipped out a tracker.
Dan handed the tracker to Elise, who tapped the screen, pensive.
Dan had given her a jacket, but their slow crawl through the forest had left her soaked and shivering.
Elise and I will take out the rest, Dan said.
Another man dropped, this time from Dan's direction.
She heard the sounds of a physical scuffle and another shot from Dan's direction.
Two more of his men moved cautiously from the forest, looking for Elise or Dan to appear.
Dan and Elise rose from the bushes and lowered their weapons.
Dan ran ahead of them, Elise behind, and they flew down a deer path to a creek, then darted across rocks to the other bank.
Cold water soaked Lana's boots as Dan kept them on the creek's edge for a few hundred meters before veering into the surrounding forest.
Dan hopped onto a boulder and placed his hand on the wall.
Dan and Elise ducked into the dark entrance.
Dan led them into a narrow hall and to another locked door.
Elise nudged her, and she trailed Dan as he strode down another hall.
He'll probably be pissed at me, so don't get comfortable, Dan said, waving her in.