EMPIRES . I . voice

[vafrous]

...And when you cheat death, what does that make you?

[the communicator buzzes on and there's the initial sound of an irritated animal, something clawing and prowling around and a man's voice can be heard not directed at the speaker with a "Stop that" before Rufus' voice finally comes over the line directly, hard and irritated.]Interesting, this

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[voice]

[riotinstereo]

[a long pause]

Ru--

[voice]

[riotinstereo]

--Mr. President? You're... Are you alright?

voice ;

[vafrous]

[He sounds totally expectant, of course Turks should be here, wherever the hell here is.]

Why do you ask needless questions? Why wouldn't I be?

voice ;

[riotinstereo]

... It's not really safe out right now. You should try to stay where you are until we pick you up.

Where are you...sir?

voice ;

[vafrous]

Yeah, fine. Hurry up.

How should I know? That's your job.

[A pause, then after a moment because maybe relying on them to do all the work at the moment is a bad idea if he doesn't want to sit out here forever.]

Buildings... Might be a residential area of some sort.

voice ;

[riotinstereo]

You don't remember this place either, do you?

-- Right. I'm on my way.