AvariceUnfortunateSonsCH06

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+ Y1 i" S# m6 U  uoccasions. threshold. a coward. knew, though, didn't soon, here. hesitate. here. do. Instead, lab, here. Luckily, though, a water. shortly. a 'survival kit.' water. a bag. wasn't kit. had. a chest. a find. a a blankets. foil, night. well. cabinet. ceiling. locked, fortunately, a key. was, Master's absence, medicines. medicines, take. stocked. painkillers. a handy. bag. didn't a lot. desert. here, though, indefinitely. not, leave. closet's contents. a back, bottles. it. Curious, cupboard. lights. curious, it, activated. a though, stared, done. wall, a entrance.

Merton's thundereding. route. dark, tunnel. committed. a moments, bag, thoughts. smart. didn't a a exit. tunnel. feet, upwards. adjusted, intervals, phosphorescent exit. Sometimes, a through. extensive, fort. a darkness. Finally, a off. Merton's despair. a rat. escape. hands. cry. sand. outside... exit. a a door. door's secret. he. a button, open. a dune. darkness, sunlight. landscape, head. possible. was, probability, takeover. vastness. a flame. "Oh God. I stay, I die. I go, I'll die." himself. Merton's reality. terror, survivalist. a this. years. depressed, head, east. go. sun. wherewithal, a have, night. Already, a faintness, survive. a hat. a heat.
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Fortunately, horse. it, though, simple. initially. Merton, horses, didn't blanket. party, fort. hard, thin, water. a a rope. a life. Somehow, animal. slender, didn't animal's back. moments, other. here. a kid. hero, Wayne, done?

' H  {2 ?& X' P/ p& v$ G  OFirst, ribs, fort. "Oh no, don't," horse, rope. circles, way, direction. east. a saddle, on. walking. hard. evening, stumble. Merton, pet, didn't a water. in, rest, a tree. tomorrow. water. gone. was. settlement. hunger, sleep. night, journey. dawn, rapidly. animal's walk. monotonous, dunes. grasses, a valley. once. Now, though, parched. didn't a survivalist's knowledge, didn't water. Instead, valley, a pond. morning, rise, it. earth, groaning, labored. himself. split. didn't soon, perish. animal's head. death. hard. saved. a time, rise, valley. was, though, hope. a miles, shade. fierce, blew. , staggering. step. other. suddenly, him, riverbed.
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, e' P. {( |% i4 d***** a a fool's errand. course. doggedly. mind, difficult. heat, sown. depart. fortress. disappointment out. couldn't do. daughter. medicines. Lord's condition, didn't? home, a days. However, necessary. patrols. him, infirmary. understudy, Victor's a thoughts. here? desert? catastrophic. Merton's bedside. Lothar. well, distance. couldn't Lord's backlash. here. a wastes. coward. dire. news. Fortunately, Ringer's lactate. death, a hours, improved. Merton's bedside. a Doctor, at. Often, patients. didn't fingertips. lot. about. a a arm. before. However, sunburn. boss, Victor, death's eyes, forward, bed.

"Sir..." hesitantly. obey. superior. doctor. Victor's patient.

1 d1 t6 L' e( j, B"What happened!" snapped, intended, awake.
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"Sir, fort... it's taken..."

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, T3 ~/ P# Y/ D0 cI...I...don't know, Sir. I infirmary...."
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* |1 n1 Y' U6 X. p" u( u2 z"Yes, yes, I Lothar." rose, Merton's room.
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0 F# q" q3 l. k* {"How many, they?" questioned. up. particular. forehead.

"I didn't anyone. I dying. sounded." didn't report. frustration. usual, a a submarine. a relief, though, alarms. safe, being. a force. another, spoke. "My Lord, neutralized. Yes, enemies, fortress's defenses, it." uneasy, silence. back. down. A nice. present. rest.
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. H, i" P* C2 K/ y" X"We return," panic. "Leaving a slaves."
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2 q$ I$ W3 S0 X# O1 c9 O"If rebel, everything, Sir." out. nodded. "But I don't choice. access. I'm them..." yet. was, though, mind. perilous.
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"My Lord..." said.

. G; |8 u. W! }; b4 `  y"Yes, Victor?"
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5 X  ]6 Q, `  d"I idea. It's risky, out. system. don't strength, CO2 fort. up."

: d# \% M  Z; a. v# S2 }"That's a plan, Victor. merit." pleased. "If quarters, there. safe, area. would, though, suffocated."

"But too, wife's there!" interrupted, idea.
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* R- o$ ?8 ~/ @0 e& f"You right, Major." interjected. "We wouldn't Harrison. He's alive."

"Could him?" suggested.

"It's consider." interjected. "We civilians, them?"

Victor, a smugness, a dismissal. "Major, I forget. fortress, diesn't." Doctor's situation. Victor. off.
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"Victor is, course, right, nothing. me... here, this..." him, occupied. silent. upset. chair.

; y) f3 m! e7 |"I heart, I it.' Lothar, meeting, announced. "I maps, materials, Captain?" nodded, saluted, left.

( t$ K4 X3 w/ i7 _0 g$ R/ W"We assault. a hours, I men."
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