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The Thieves Guild

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by Jake Kerr.

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Episode 13:

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A Surprise Visitor.

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Raylan spent a restless night thinking over his
future.

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Did he even have a future? He was about to travel
to a part of the city that no

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one he knew had ever visited due to its filth and
danger.

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What kind of future was that?

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The Wretched Quarter was occupied by the poorest
of the poor, those that wore threadbare

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brown due to no guild wanting them, and those that
worked in the dirtiest,

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least desired guild jobs, those that cleaned the
stables, hauled away human

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waste, and toiled in the dirt under a hot sun.

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They would shuffle across the great bridge, clean
the manure from the streets before the sun

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came up, and then return across the bridge to
their hovels.

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To make matters worse, the Thieves' Tower was
apparently in the remotest

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and poorest part of the Wretched Quarter on the
edge of the Ash Fields, which were so

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barren that rats couldn't even live there.

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Raylan knew that the wall extended around the
Wretched Quarter and the Ash

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Fields, but did the knights even bother guarding
it that far out of the

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proper city?

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Raylan eventually fell into a fitful sleep, not
sure of anything about his future

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other than he had to flee his brother.

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At the edge of his dreams, Raylan heard the sounds
of shuffling boots and a shout.

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The dream disappeared into a cacophony of clanging
metal, louder shouts, and

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a scream. He sat up, wondering if someone was
having an argument in his hall in the

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merchant tower. But as he rubbed his eyes, he
remembered he was in the

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basement and in the guild master thief quarters.

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(swords clanging) The ringing sound of swords was
mere feet away,

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separated from him by the door to his quarters.

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Raylan jumped out of bed. He dressed as fast as he
could.

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Raylan couldn't quite believe it, but he could
conceive of no other alternative:

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his brother was trying to assassinate him.

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As he laced up his black boots, Raylan was almost
more sad at the thought than

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fearful of the danger he faced. He glanced at the
door and pictured Allard

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beating back soldiers. As intimidating as he
seemed, how could even Allard

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hold back a group of assailants? Raylan had to
help him, even as the battle

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continued outside. He had no weapon beyond a
decorative dagger.

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Still, it was sharp, so he held it tight in his
hand and approached the door.

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He unlatched the door and opened it.

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Allard was battling a single man wearing heavy
armor accented in blue.

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"My brother's men," Raylan thought.

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Two other men wearing the blue of the Merchant's
Guild lay on the floor not moving.

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Allard glanced at Raylan.

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Get inside and lock the door.

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Raylan didn't move. The armored assailant pressed
his attack, and

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Allard responded with a dizzying combination of
spinning slashes, kicks, and

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parries. Raylan forgot that he was even there to
help.

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He watched in awe as Allard's precise attacks and
brute force blows

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pushed the attacker back down the hallway. Raylan
breathed easier.

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The opponent was no match for Allard.

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There was a flutter of air and then a thunk next
to Raylan's head.

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He flinched and looked up. An arrow stuck in the
frame of the door.

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A scream drew his attention, and Raylan turned to
see Allard pull his sword from

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his attacker. Raylan's relief in Allard's victory
ended as he watched Allard

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lurch backward. A bowman at the base of the stairs
at the end of the hall reached

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behind his back for another arrow. Allard wasted
no time and rushed

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toward the bowman. The bowman's eyes opened wide,
and he turned and fled

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up the staircase. Allard stopped, turned, and
yelled down the hall.

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Sir, you must stay in your quarters. Lock the
door. Do not open it for anyone.

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I will send someone to help.

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Allard turned, his black robe flowing behind him,
and rushed up the stairs.

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How will I know who you have sent?

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Raylan shouted, but Allard was gone.

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With the battle over, Raylan could hear groans
from the prone body in the middle of the

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hall. He had considered going to help, but the
arrow above his head reminded

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him how foolish that would be.

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He returned to his quarters, shut the door, and
closed the deadbolt.

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He walked over and sat on the bed, laying his
knife next to him. He waited.

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It had been only a few moments, but Raylan was
already second-guessing Allard.

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Someone was trying to kill him. Wouldn't it make
more sense to run off and hide somewhere?

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Certainly, somewhere out of the way was better
than being locked in a room and protected only by
a

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wooden door.

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There was a click sound, and before Raylan
realized what was happening, his door opened

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and a slight figure darted in. He quickly grabbed
his dagger and stood up.

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Facing the intruder, he said-

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Who are you?

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Shut up.

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It was a girl dressed in the yellow of the craft
guild.

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She looked all around the room, her head moving in
short, sharp motions.

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Show some respect. I'm the guild master thief.

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What are you doing here and how did you get in?

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The girl stormed over to Raylan. She was a good
six inches shorter than

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him and had black curly hair cut unfashionably
short.

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Her arched eyebrows, brown eyes, and sharp
features made the whole look

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work with her deep brown skin.

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Raylan realized that she was quite pretty.

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He pushed that thought aside, however, for what
filled his attention was her

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fury. She held her clenched fists on her hips and
stared up at him with what

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looked like a combination of disdain and anger.

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"... Guildmaster thief? Ha!"

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She practically spit the words.

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"You have the title. We'll see if you have earned
the respect it brings."

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Raylan was going to dispute the point, but she
didn't stop.

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"As to your questions, I am Maela.

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Allard sent me to save you, and I got in with a
key, which should have been obvious by the fact
that your

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door isn't in splinters."

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Allard sent you?

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"Are you deaf?"

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The girl turned and walked toward the door. Over
her shoulder, she added.

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"You have 10 seconds to grab anything that's
important to you."

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Raylan had decided he had enough of her
impertinence, even if Allard did

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send her.

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"Look here, I don't need a craft apprentice
telling me what to do.

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Just tell me what Allard told you, and I'll take
care of myself."

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Maela turned toward Raylan in an exaggerated
motion and rolled her

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eyes.

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"Not just deaf, but dim too."

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She pointed toward the door.

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"In moments, that hallway will be filled with
merchant guardsmen.

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If you want to avoid being tossed in the guild
dungeon, or worse, then I recommend you follow
me."

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She took two steps toward the door, stopped, and
turned back to Raylan.

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"But of course, you can do what you want, my
guildmaster."

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She was already out the door by the time Raylan
had glanced around the room and

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decided he had nothing of value worth taking. He
rushed to follow her.

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She was halfway down the hall, and Raylan found
himself both annoyed and concerned that

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she wasn't bluffing. She fully intended on leaving
him there if he didn't

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follow. He sprinted past the bodies in the hall
and reached her as she stopped by the

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door that Allard had said contained the linens
from Guildmaster Gallway's

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elevation.

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Before Raylan could say anything, Maela said.

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"Shut up."

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She pulled two small metal rods from her trousers
and placed them in the keyhole.

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She twisted on the rods, and there was a click.
She turned and smiled at Raylan.

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He was rather taken aback. If she

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was pretty while angry, she was beautiful while
smiling.

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"Simple locks on these doors. Now let's hope the
Night Guild didn't block up the entrance

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from here, or we'll have some digging to do."

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Night Guild?

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What do they have to do with rooms in the merchant
tower?

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She pushed through the door, and Raylan followed.

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She closed the door behind him and relocked it.

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The room was stocked with napkins and tablecloths,
all in the rich blue of the

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merchant guild. Gallway's name was sewn into all
of them.

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Raylan shook his head. It must have taken ages for
the craft guild to do this work.

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The room smelled awful, which surprised Raylan, as
the linens looked unused and

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clean.

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"Not Knight Guild, you idiot. Night Guild,
N-I-G-H-T."

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She went to the corner of the room where a low
table stood with piles of napkins on it.

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"See that pipe?"

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Maela pointed up. There was a thick pipe that led
from the ceiling down into the floor.

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"Up there is the kitchen bathroom. I'm certain
this used to be a bathroom as well."

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"I wish you wouldn't do that,"

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Raylan stated as Maela started grabbing napkins
and tossing them off the table toward the

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center of the room.

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"Do what?"

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"Call me an idiot."

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Raylan started tossing napkins off the table.

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"Oh, I wish you wouldn't do that, too."

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With most of the napkins on the floor, she grabbed
the table and pulled it away from the

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corner. Raylan grabbed the table and helped.

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"Do what?"

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Raylan couldn't hide the exasperation in his
voice.

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The girl had never met him, and yet treated him
like a child.

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"I wish you wouldn't act like an idiot."

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The table had covered a wooden hatch.

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"I knew it," Maela said.

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She reached down to lift the hatch, but Raylan put
his foot down on it.

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"Look, Maela, I appreciate your help, but I don't
need a craft apprentice treating me like a

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child."

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She looked up at him with a dumbfounded look.

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"Just tell me where I need to go, and I'll take it
from here."

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She stood up and poked her finger in Raylan's
chest.

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"Allard told me you were new and to be
understanding, but this is ridiculous.

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I'm a thief. Do you think thieves run around
wearing black?"

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She moved her hand up and tapped him on the
temple.

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"Use your head."

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She sighed.

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"Look, I'm sorry. You may not be an idiot, I don't
really know.

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But I do know we need to get out of here, and
that-"

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She pointed at the hatch.

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"... Is the only safe way out."

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Raylan nodded and took his foot off the hatch.

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For one of the few times in his life, he wasn't
sure what to say.

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He leaned down, and as he pulled the hatch up, a
noxious smell so

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bad that it made Raylan cough hit his nose. Maela
smiled and added.

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"This is probably an improvement for you."

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Before Raylan could reply, there was the sound of
boots pounding on the stairs outside the

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door.

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Maela held a finger to her lips, and then pointed
down.

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There was a wooden ladder secured against the side
of the rectangular hole.

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Maela didn't move, but opened her eyes wide and
pointed down again.

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Raylan knelt down and swung his legs over the
ledge. The ladder felt secure.

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With little choice, he climbed down, clearly
heading into the waste sewers of

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Ness.

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As if the Founder's Day Parade was bad enough, now
he was literally going to wade through

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piss and shit.

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(dramatic music)