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Stephen's jaw would have dropped had it not been clenched as he fought through the pain of the groin blow as best he did. Seig had just freely allowed his weapon to be sent flying while his opponent was letting the adrenaline build up in his system. Sutii was gonna need a couple seconds to really get past the pain, but ohhhhhh was he in a foul mood now.

As much as he wanted to run up and broadside Seig with the flat of one of his blades, he decided it best to take a moment to fight back the agony in his nether reigons. And as he did so began to speak. Something that another well known black man had taught him.

"There's this passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.'"

With this, he straightened up a bit and pointed his left hand weapon at his opponent.



" 'And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.' "

Fighting through the pain, Stephen focused his energy with added intensity and commanded a burst of flame to shoot up below Seig's feet, and focused on it so that it would last a bit longer than normal - he expected Seig to move, but unless the black had some serious precognitive powers, Stephen wanted to leave him with a parting gift for standing around like he was.

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