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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDISr5vxV5
I might not allow you to even finish it.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQXrbYNdT3
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkh3TUwBSfE
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwwlBnVnRw
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPo0nhlaZe
just this scene happening in front of him.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqsCCWIzLj
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oE4gPEwmK
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTn9NwcLei
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT5VMGDxJO
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi45YsyWhj
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MMctzixPO
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoExoOZLuIK
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AQoLU6EIM
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNK8ZWehak
tensions were rising...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2dRo84xm5
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71B7H9Ky7N
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4GVEAnbEG
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt76KGVcGZ
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ1jwXaBBT
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAURGWbSG7
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsCokQupIC
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RTGO2vV6q
him.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbsgCvuJmt
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvHSePzjqP
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl3ESbVt6c
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmrlCQvh7G
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfoHK8G8hQ
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3EH2Zjks8
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡof7jpJGAHa
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Z3LAbrnL6
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5h8ZH48WY
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvykiv31TC
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkT74kuZaq
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZtoZLr96A
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX31DgHQfmM
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s9FbKc8Pu
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekxc3Wh3xM
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlV26mgCfrN
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZa0dQ4LQ9
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZiikSYNMk
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCThkBepjk
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvCO85S7W4
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLQbMxe7GD
you…”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNS2sSscVw
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7jOaKKgBC
this was the moment they would all be referring to.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTooOEG1wnn
“You jest?!” Celle asked.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3MvIkqfKr
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdPnw8FTHu
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLj8VqKupW
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqWPNgwsLY
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP7a4Pp1nK
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqWP80Vq96
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc9tnIdn91
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw59SLe69a
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktujKrKfA3
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WiPWhZvfL
“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 the382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCATvKFDIb
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYAW20gbaA
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjNbRxhTaH
of the rest, they whispered to one another.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHrz6KoTHB
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOd0KTY4Il
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHTG9ajCY6
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNa0Orj4h4B
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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