[SHIT SHIT SHIT THIS IS WHY HE'S BETTER AT SETTING EXPLOSIVES THAN DISARMING THEM.
He wasn't at the center of the blast, so Ocelot feels his body turn sluggish and weak, but he stays upright. He pulls himself together and reaches the target, getting his arms under Alek's chest and hauling him bodily off the hook. Judging by the limpness of the body-- no, a check for a pulse at his neck assures Ocelot it was just more of the same paralysis powder.
Saving the restraints for when they're out of the room, Ocelot hooks his arms under Alek's shoulders and proceeds with dragging the body toward a wall so they can slip out. It's in the process of dragging his body across the floor that Ocelot notices the streaks of blood for the first time.]
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[He puts it out of his mind and continues carrying the kid out.]
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He wasn't at the center of the blast, so Ocelot feels his body turn sluggish and weak, but he stays upright. He pulls himself together and reaches the target, getting his arms under Alek's chest and hauling him bodily off the hook. Judging by the limpness of the body-- no, a check for a pulse at his neck assures Ocelot it was just more of the same paralysis powder.
Saving the restraints for when they're out of the room, Ocelot hooks his arms under Alek's shoulders and proceeds with dragging the body toward a wall so they can slip out. It's in the process of dragging his body across the floor that Ocelot notices the streaks of blood for the first time.]
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[He puts it out of his mind and continues carrying the kid out.]