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I definitely want Marmot with me. She and I are okay with skiing out to Dump, but if Rossi's gang has wheels we'd have grabbed a ride. This is... weird. I mean, the Dumpies are usually weird, but we had a working relationship. This is more of them …
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Rossi, highlight Lemma, please.
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Hadden.
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"It makes all kinds of sense." I'm murmuring, close to sleep. "I like it, too.
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"No.. the opposite. I just... I got the feeling, then, that you'd been kicked around some. Couple bad things in a row, maybe. Hurt. But not broken. Still here and kicking, which... is good to see. I like it."
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It's been several crazy weeks, and I'd spent them in serious danger and carrying around an enormous secret. I've spent the whole night just slowly unspooling, and this feels like more of that-- a surging release of tension I hadn't even noticed carr…
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I really should have said my place, shouldn't I? Okay. This is a night for letting go. It's not like I'm not used to grimy environments. I throw one of the cushions back onto the couch and pull her down next to me.
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I mean, I'm not really into showing off for the Skegs. But this is what I like about Dubstep, pushing me into enjoying myself. I return the kiss, arms around her neck, and hop on the ride behind her.
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When she asks, I answer, "Yeah, how about your place?" And when Sambass jumps in, I wait for a beat, cock my head, and start laughing. Starts as a quiet, shaking giggle before escalating to sort of a wheezing bark. I take Dubbie by the elbow, turn …
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Yeah, given how the night started, I know what's going on. I lean into it, just a little. "Oh, good, I was a little worried, since I never got to really test it out. That's great-- I'll have to look at what you did so I can work it in next time." …
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Sure, sounds good. I'm mostly quiet, but I'll stay close Dubstep, watching her. I mean, I can usually keep the stare from getting too spooky intense unless I mean it. But I am getting a little drunk. I just let it soak a bit. I don't do this enoug…
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"Nah, no way. Even if the air got as hot as it people say it used to be, pre-Freeze, and stayed that way, it would take years to thaw the lake. Decades, maybe. It might get a little slushy around the shoreline, but your ass is safely frozen for a wh…
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"Yeah, a little. Even a simple business has power hookups, heaters, that sort of thing, and I'll take payment in trade. Sometimes I've met customers with bike problems here. It's not a usual hangout, but..." I shrug off the wave of attention and ta…
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Well, this is really her territory, not mine. I hop off the ride but stay close enough that it's clear we're... well, together. And let her take the lead into the bar.
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I shake my head. "No way! Even if the ambient temperature went up a few degrees, the energy of conversion would be orders of magnitude..." I stop myself, laugh. "It might get a little mushy around the edges, is all."
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"What the heck. Go fast."
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"Mmmm. Maybe I'll check out the lava on my own time. Maybe start with Monarch's? Then if we want to warm up, Palmer's."
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Lemma: I pick up the flower, then snag her elbow as she turns. "Hey... I can get a little wrapped up in this stuff, and it's not exactly a team sport. I could maybe use a break. What do you do when you want a night off?"
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I've been down in Evol's growhouses in a bloom cycle, but that's not really what we're talking about, is it? That's a fecund, practical kind of flower, most of them white with small, thick petals. This is different. Delicate. Purple? Maybe seems a l…
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After the conversation with Hadden, I've put the move on hold for a while. We'll work on making the place safer and accessible for a bit. Unless I need a huge power draw for something, I think I'll work from here for a bit. And that gives me time t…
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Lemma: Yeah, I already voted. We build our own.
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I shake my head. "No. Your first plan sounds good. Kemper... You can work with the guy, but you'd better have a strong position first. I don't think asking him to guard our priceless treasure as a favor would work out."
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"I... honestly don't know. More than Misty's. More than Underlake. Maybe the whole city. "And you two just hit on my two main concerns. I can't do any good with this without taking it public. I can't take it public without people wanting to take it…
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Lemma: I shrug. "It's hard, yeah, but for the rooms, it could work the same as Misty's or Roxy's. Collect rent, in barter or service." "If the power makes as much difference as I think it can, people could live outside the sub in the tunnels, too,…
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"Well, I'd been thinking about moving my shop down here, for a start. But that doesn't really do justice to how much juice this can put out." "There's enough juice for lots of people. That's what I want to do with it... I want to carve something ou…
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I didn't bring lights for everyone, so I take point. Down the hatch, through the passages towards the reactor. I wave at the hollowed-out spaces as we go. "Merrell took everything he could carry, but he missed the real treasure. A machine like this…
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"Yes. It was a warship, operating hidden. It was underwater during the Freeze, sealed up tight. Everything in it in perfect condition, and Merrell got here first and stripped it out. That was his windfall, what he's using to back all his moves since…
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From Lemma: My instinct has been to keep this as secret as possible, but I've come to realize that, to make real use of the reactor, I'm going to need help. Lots of it. I'd need to show Hadden anyway, because of his investigation, but he could also…
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I have to think for a second about what I've seen that I can actually prove. "I can make sure no one thinks it was an accident, so yes, Molotov is probably cleared. Everything that points to Merrell directly is... harder to explain, but of course h…
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"Not really. Or not yet-- In an emergency, I could make some educated guesses. Body's a machine, after all. I've been thinking of talking to Poke about some things, though. This will give me an excuse, and be handy to have around in the meantime." …