Water Sleeps
“The rest of us had been too busy congratulating ourselves and deciding what the Company would do once we brought the Captured forth from the plain. The boy got his father’s attention. Iqbal summoned Runmust and me.
Being old folks, it took us a while to see what the boy meant. Us having bad eyes and all.
“Looks like gold in there.”
“That would explain the weight. Doj. Come here. You ever hear anything about this hammer being gold inside?”
Iqbal began prying with a knife. A fragm...ent of iron fell away.
“No,” Doj said. “Don’t damage it any more.”
“Everybody calm down. It’s still the Key. Doj, study it. Carefully. I don’t want all the years and all the crap we went through to go to waste now. What?”
Weapons had begun to appear.
“Look who’s here,” Swan said. “Where did those guys come from?”MoreLess
Being old folks, it took us a while to see what the boy meant. Us having bad eyes and all.
“Looks like gold in there.”
“That would explain the weight. Doj. Come here. You ever hear anything about this hammer being gold inside?”
Iqbal began prying with a knife. A fragm...ent of iron fell away.
“No,” Doj said. “Don’t damage it any more.”
“Everybody calm down. It’s still the Key. Doj, study it. Carefully. I don’t want all the years and all the crap we went through to go to waste now. What?”
Weapons had begun to appear.
“Look who’s here,” Swan said. “Where did those guys come from?”MoreLess
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