The Hanging Mountains
“As the number of conspirators decreased, their odds improved. Sousoura, however, only became more edgy.‘Man’kin came to Laure too, you know,’ said Shilly to the minister. ‘Only they weren’t invading. They were running from the flood. Perhaps that’s all that’s happening now. The fire has flushed them out of the forest and they’re fleeing the only way they can: up.’Sousoura looked unconvinced. Instead of answering, she ordered Shilly to walk along the widow’s walk to the far corner. Two of her ac...complices did the same with Jao and Banner.‘What are you going to do with us?’ asked the Engineer. ‘There’s no point keeping us any longer. You know we have nothing to do with this, and neither do the Panic’‘Down here,’ Sousoura ordered them, pointing down the stairwell in the corner. Shilly went first, playing up her lameness in order to buy some time. She didn’t know where the minister was taking them, but she didn’t like what she saw on her face. Sousoura had taken a chance, and it hadn’t paid off.MoreLess
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