Silo 49: Deep Dark
“He had come down into the room when summoned so that he could also hear her story. Of the three watching her, she sensed from him an almost shivery excitement. He may work in IT, but he clearly had a streak of Historian inside him, just a more passionate version.
When the little group realized that the papers were more than sixty levels down and hidden beneath a floor tile and that they couldn't simply ask anyone to get it because of the contents, they had all looked at Taylor. His groan was loud enough to make even Piotr smile.
There was no question of getting someone else to fetch it, since the plastic she had folded over the papers was transparent. It was equally clear that the others had no intention of waiting until Marina was well enough to go back to her home and return. While she was resigned to the loss of her vacation at this point, she was not about to spend the rest of it being ported up and down the stairs.
Going down sixty levels was do-able for someone like ...Taylor, but coming back would need to be broken up and they decided that he would leave early the next day and then stay overnight in a room at the bazaar.MoreLess
When the little group realized that the papers were more than sixty levels down and hidden beneath a floor tile and that they couldn't simply ask anyone to get it because of the contents, they had all looked at Taylor. His groan was loud enough to make even Piotr smile.
There was no question of getting someone else to fetch it, since the plastic she had folded over the papers was transparent. It was equally clear that the others had no intention of waiting until Marina was well enough to go back to her home and return. While she was resigned to the loss of her vacation at this point, she was not about to spend the rest of it being ported up and down the stairs.
Going down sixty levels was do-able for someone like ...Taylor, but coming back would need to be broken up and they decided that he would leave early the next day and then stay overnight in a room at the bazaar.MoreLess
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