The Tankermen
“It felt like late afternoon at seven; there was still plenty of light in the clear sky, and the city as they rode through it had a loose-collared, relaxed air about it, as well as the sparkle of Christmas decorations in every shop window.
At the cutting, though, they felt as if they’d been thrown into a pit. The great gap yawned at them, the walls towered and the traffic whipped past at high speed around the curve.
With difficulty Finn found the two fine lines he’d marked that afternoon.... ‘Here. Feel this bit here,’ he said to Jed.
Jed flattened his hands against the wall and waited. ‘Feels like sandstone,’ he said flatly.
‘You’ve got to concentrate,’ Finn scolded, pressing his own hands on to the wall. ‘It’s like really tiny electric shocks or something.’ Jed listened some more. ‘Sorry, mate, I can’t feel a thing. I’m not saying you’re kidding me, but I’m just not getting any messages.’ ‘No?’ Finn was disappointed—it hadn’t been much of a clue, but it had been something.MoreLess
At the cutting, though, they felt as if they’d been thrown into a pit. The great gap yawned at them, the walls towered and the traffic whipped past at high speed around the curve.
With difficulty Finn found the two fine lines he’d marked that afternoon.... ‘Here. Feel this bit here,’ he said to Jed.
Jed flattened his hands against the wall and waited. ‘Feels like sandstone,’ he said flatly.
‘You’ve got to concentrate,’ Finn scolded, pressing his own hands on to the wall. ‘It’s like really tiny electric shocks or something.’ Jed listened some more. ‘Sorry, mate, I can’t feel a thing. I’m not saying you’re kidding me, but I’m just not getting any messages.’ ‘No?’ Finn was disappointed—it hadn’t been much of a clue, but it had been something.MoreLess
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