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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmObDbK0K3
I might not allow you to even finish it.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fk1BO1mNN
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IoUHk1WFN
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryem3x50Tg
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmEPh0mzGt
just this scene happening in front of him.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJVejca6HP
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhyg49QiCg
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmhetETWhH
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdkXhJOQRQ
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eTYiMIZfL
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0022iPHdk
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bgkmMqeW4
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdqQDCgeoY
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG2W8ZVIX5
tensions were rising...256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsGVlsOMWy
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwidMtHeGHf
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDKEvqDBA7
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B2EnfYOHl
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72r7OvTfXX
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDQ2XkwNOu
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqxB7Ujlem
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9eIvwg9JX
him.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6vvocrXj1
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7ob9QPSiP
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNwTzkdq2t
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrYPAlS2Cx
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzGZQqseab
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcupqE2ANaC
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum8cJW9DVB
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW2ZcZ7Gvy
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2ALKg2dq8
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKKrTBgppX
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSdxKi2RDh
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0KEDkfLeR
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c436NnPv8
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK71uK8Mwc
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqE8wWXLtC
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7ZubWropI
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYFZ9OAFak
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFERblnEbMs
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPUOEdQt3O
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6Z3gEOA6q
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14UUBzImfc
you…”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KmYppVFIC
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj9rPsw39c
this was the moment they would all be referring to.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGm672T2GY
“You jest?!” Celle asked.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkODt9PiZy
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBOazaxGkj
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwsBMDZQ09
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jPij8dAQg
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGV1DO8kiat
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6rZmKzY8Z
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvUjlQQwg1
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1w9snMciZ5
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfckMNCZKb
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBKvlhO7yy
“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 the256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6SvRTaBpj
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCkNb6HfiJ
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE55F8oGCiZ
of the rest, they whispered to one another.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23IH9E6OY8
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ove9TZTHi
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ782SImkaxC
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5bddkUN4G
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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