"Hold the fucking thing steady!" the man with the hammer bellowed as he brought the heavy iron head down on the top of the steel pipe, driving it, if the gods were merciful, another finger deeper into the earth.
"I'll keep your cock steady as I saw it off, unless you close that fucking blabbering trap!" the other snapped back, his hands trembling from the vibrations. He had barely enough time to jerk his head away before the hammer crashed down again, the blow sending a metal shriek through his bones.
''FUCK THAT WAS CLOSE!''
"What in the abyss are you going to do, you piss-soaked twat? I'm the one holding the hammer, I could smash your skull if I sneeze. I'm saying this for your sake!"
Whatever verbal retaliation was about to explode from his partner never made it out; an arrow buried itself in the ground a few paces away, close enough to end the discussion, not close enough to end either of them.
