Ssuri grabs Brannon's shoulder. "Don't be a bigger idiot than you already have been. We're not just leaving you here."
Turning to the man with the knife, she raises her voice so he can hear her clearly. "Hey, I'd watch that partner of yours. He's been eyeing your back this entire time and laughing under his breath. What convinced you to work with someone like that anyways? Your clearly better than him, but he keeps looking down on you! What's up with that? Fact is, none of these guys here," she gestures to encompass the majority of the the thugs, "seem to respect you very much. I've seen 'em all lookin at you funny."
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Try to make him angry with his friend, and the other ones. Hopefully causing them to turn on each other.
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