The accent was clear. And the other man knew the words to say, but Becker still could not make sense of anything in his head. "US?" He replied, blinking with confusion as the gun in his hand wavered hugely. "US isn't in this Province. Orders, the plans, I saw..." He broke off with a shudder. He had come close, too close, to revealing sensitive information. Where the armies were now, where they were going.
"Where is your team? You wouldn't have come here alone. You couldn't have... I mean.. I don't know what I mean."
And he didn't. What was real, what wasn't. What was a trick. His hand shook even more before the gun slipped from his fingers, clattering against the concrete. "If you're really on my side, you might have some water." And besides, if it was poisoned, then so what.