"Another shitty day in this hell hole. When will this come to an end?" said the soldier who approached Xie.
Xie kept quiet, looking in a direction at nothing in particular.
"How is your day going?" the short soldier asked.
"Nothing special about today," Xie replied.
"Of course, we are living in a hell hole," the short soldier lamented. "While those imbeciles and those foreigners on the throne loot my father's land dry."
The short soldier's lament incurred mean stares from other soldiers. The short soldier tsk-tsked.
Xie said to the short soldier, "Adrian, calm your stables. By the way, I'm also a foreigner."
Xie's disguised face looked oriental.
Adrian, the short soldier, said, "I know, but Kong, you are different from those swines—
"Adrian!" Xie cautioned Adrain.
