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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7srfIGW88
I might not allow you to even finish it.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76Vd9LhkuG
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvOVYetxC9
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsco10u1AD
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9QwgYuLlv
just this scene happening in front of him.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowutXW5zTm
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq53Z9RoHu
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqkwufYvXX
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnisJ6Ra2hH
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht0s4BP0gi
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wUfp9dSZx
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARELjvHkqH
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4LAIsZM3n
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGAhNCYjV6
tensions were rising...257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8Atxd3ExH
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtehK3dSki
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXKZT3Oz6m
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXXzeBzvTe
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZPAapDcVm
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyZcF5eWfj
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAW7T6EKJn
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFBDSJKn49
him.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljXnYiMjqX
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PS3ryMKGX
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrjlDXSfwi
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9fEW4knM0
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkPgIhjeek
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgh39FNP8WF
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg4L4fGOEP
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX5PeWOdyf
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GosYmmJtw
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN1GjiwNNs
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90NJKLLc1w
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i0oOnnrrc
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeFEmWcz2N
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1gzwlVJSW
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgucJwV5Ud4
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHjyFnDHDf
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwtdslhitH
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6uRsTXQBY
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzx5Pb837w
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmllaZM35aP
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXYhmUcMqt
you…”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WKjpujJeG
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcDNXlqja4
this was the moment they would all be referring to.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlHgXsrGeX
“You jest?!” Celle asked.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJOawFgHmK
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTbbPpllWQ
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEDMyy4G0s
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEzWLpJmY6
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZoaGeJpfd
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWpiq6i7B6
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy1e6v8I8y
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1UJtWtRa7
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFiVGbz5VZ
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Irtn2J3G
“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 the257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp0StF0A5T
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxsXSASEBX
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40FUBE0HKq
of the rest, they whispered to one another.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AunzUufAY
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs0EVSofr3
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45LkvsrlLe
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxiocG5EMd
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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