[ WP ] Two sworn enemies reminiscence

Daniel could n't help but smile when he saw Christian being locked into shackles next to him. He was in the shit, but at least he had dragged Christian along with him. 
 
 `` Oh *good*,'' he said, `` a friendly face.'' 
 
 Christian's body heaved in a melodramatic sigh. `` Shut up Daniel, my day's bad enough.'' 
 
 `` Oh, it's not so bad. Look at all the trouble they went through for us. Means we're *important*. You always wanted to be important, did n't you Christian? Even back before you became the dickbag that tried to take my command and kill all my men.'' 
 
 `` Fuck you, man. All I did was try to do the right thing. Something you would n't recognize if someone tried to shove it down your throat at the tip of a bayonet.'' 
 
 `` You tried a fair few times, did n't you?'' said Daniel. 
 
 Christian chuckled, and then winced. The collar of his military uniform was pinching at his neck, and he was pretty sure there was a splinter in his neck. These damn revolutionary types did n't know how to hold prisoners worth a damn. Amateurs. 
 
 `` I almost had you next to that fishing village.'' 
 
 `` Yeah,'' replied Daniel, `` yeah, you almost did. Did you ever figure out how we got through that minefield?'' 
 
 `` We found the bodies of the civilians strewn in a long column through it. What'd you do, make them walk in front of you?'' 
 
 `` Yeah.'' 
 
 The two men looked at each other solemnly. Then their faces cracked and both start cackling to themselves. 
 
 `` It was a brilliant move,'' Christian choked out between fits of laughter, `` I should have foreseen it.'' 
 
 `` If you keep practicing maybe one day you'll be on my level.'' 
 
 Daniel looked over to see Christian's head fall to the ground as the guillotine severed his neck. 
 
 `` Maybe not'' he said. And then his head fell, too.
