He stared at her. He'd been staring at her for two damn days. Everyday he'd bring her scrape ofscraps of food he called breakfast and than he'd take a seat leaning against the wall opposite her. He'd only leave to get her dinner and when it turned dark to go to where ever it was he must have slept.
"If your gonna torture me just get it over with!", Reyes shouted in frustration at the man.
He said nothing.
"Come on, you cock sucking son of a bitch!", Reyes shouted.
He stayed silent.
She said nothing as she tried to thing of something that would truely get under his skin.
"YOU WON'T WIN! THE NCR IS STONGER AND BETTEER THAN YOU", She screamed.
"The legion will win", The legionary finally spoke, "because we aren't cowards and fools like you."
"Oh yeah?! Why is that?! Cause your a bunch of machete wielding murders and rapists?!"
"Because we bring law and order to the wasteland.", he said calmly.
"Law and order?!", Reyes scoffed, "You bring genocide and slavery! The New California Republic brings order and freedom!".
The legionary laughed. It was hard and bitter. "Freedom is nothing but a lie your leaders tell so you'll happily die for them".
"I would rather die a free woman than live as a legion whore!"
"That's what slaves always say the beginning", he said, "but as soon as they see their death in sight they throw away their "precious freedom" for chains. Do you know what freedom gets you? Not the lied your leaders give you, but true freedom? True freedom gives you the fiends, uncivilized raiders and junkies who look out only for themselves."
"Easy for you to say since you've never even had freedom", Reyes countered.
"I did once", the legionary said.
It was Reyes's turn to be silent.
"I was not born into the legionary. I was born into a tribe. They were in constant war with other surrounding tribes, murdering, raping, and pillaging each other. They believed that only a child's parents should have control of their child no matter what and that all men and women should be free. Well, my mother died giving birth to me. As soon as I no longer needed a wet nurse my father was given complete responsibility of me. He never fed. He wouldn't let me sleep inside. He wouldn't even look at me. The others did nothing, my father was free to raise me as he saw fit. I slept with our hunting dogs and ate the scraps from other people's meals... Than the legion came. They burned the village to the ground and either enslaved or killed everyone."
He paused before he stood up and turned around. He removed his armor and tunic to reveal his back covered in scars.
"I was enslaved", he said, "While the others in my tribe wept I thanked the legion. They ended the tribes' petty wars. I wasn't just a starving child no one cared for... I was a part of the legion. I helped carry supplied for the legion on the marches. I saw them defeat tribe after tribe. It didn't matter who you were before, either a chieftain or an orphan child, they treated you the same. When I turned fifteen I fought in the arena and became a legionary. "
He put his clothing back on.
"They treat everyone equal except women. We're just your baby making slaves!", Reyes argued.
"Caesar will need many loyal men for the wars to come. Women are too valuable to send into battle."
"Is that what your gonna do to me than!? Use me as a broodmare?! Is that why you kidnapped me!? To fuck me!?", Reyes practically growled.
"I'm not doing this for myself", he said with finality before leaving the house.
Reyes leaned her head against the wall and tried to get some sleep.
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