Mechanical Hearts (Skeleton Key)
“Ezra spoke with him in hushed tones.
I wanted to wipe the memory of his kiss away, but I didn’t want to be so obvious. Ezra kept shooting me furtive glances that I’d need a dictionary to decode. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do or how I was supposed to act, so I just pretended nothing had changed.
Apparently, when we docked at the ag-farm, we triggered an intruder alarm. Which was just as well because we learned the comms system had been disabled years ago.
“I can take you to Arliss, but not any further,” the technician named Largo said. “I’ve got business at the port, ye understand?”
“Thank you,” I offered, when Ezra stayed silent. He was too busy scanning the dark water for any sign of his men. “Have you seen anything strange in the past few days?” I added.
“No,” Largo answered. “Nothing out of the ordinary. I did have one hell of a time with an eel a few days ago, though.”
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