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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIktyhM5ELO
I might not allow you to even finish it.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DM6LYgtW3
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxwecpAAgZ
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz2ek4c6ju
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RF5tss3Ht
just this scene happening in front of him.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFgzQUqe2P
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI589pORnVe
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5gTKWqcrg
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SYSWUSaUv
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutPH4VwKVH
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrJ1wjCAMb
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dSSH9SoLX
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8pUFP68SN
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEyslAFKkN
tensions were rising...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KpYx8aDa1
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDBEpCRB77
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7dLEHRvOB
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdshJGM8x4i
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pmlsAlTtD
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35iUs4qb5d
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOBD4nQl9j
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroQC0tfuVh
him.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FjttMSwZw
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUPSspIoIU
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡak1JAdeTUe
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CkYBZfLvo
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Wgqm6QKOL
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcyL9I5w9S
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjwTamy2fI
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB7c3jvpi7
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCogLBTgKDD
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeFAaRxp1a
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm7iaVJcvk
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0Mkc7nxzX
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEsheFbcHH
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv49DfU4Izb
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6xrRgHxBW
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85hPYCpsBn
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRNYsQAi4X
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8tXi8ONDq
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOcxANfFQC
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jA6EHm5sn
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gfmAbHuQt
you…”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOXHxU3f6w
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2iLyh05wq
this was the moment they would all be referring to.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3WBfrBYE6
“You jest?!” Celle asked.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHO7WxpzP8
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMLFDKlTl1
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6qmSDujU8
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Rz9uDHMbY
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIiICvQHAG
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKYyK5pWKG
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L5MkdyGd7
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28hzMPWdJr
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXgDE7faL3
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74pm3jePuL
“If that is what it takes.” Red replied, “I cannot afford to miss this chance.”
Dhanel Marce listened as he had never listened before, for this decision and the400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapGf28Lcd7
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxbGG4llu0
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XFqOY77PA
of the rest, they whispered to one another.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqK8iKcdVb
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilkk2bQgIs
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xp0WqGKRJ
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0esXAvhbI
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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