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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCuhDOGcg9
I might not allow you to even finish it.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9Pow0E9jk
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCb0jxDrAO
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmzlSJNO1L
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL0EWEIlZg
just this scene happening in front of him.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVzu4hNvto
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyspLZg4YM
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCVHbRT9DZ
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaxrSq1VxC
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1ps8Q9dJ6
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5t516w3RdB
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHfNkqNgTy
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9xYhhGRlG
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k5CbQcqoS
tensions were rising...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSY81dKu95
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwdLpoC6ts
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY0udVKHdr
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzPP9HpXcE
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E9APJmytS
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaom6UhGN3
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBqxYYXiph
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrEP8o2iqh
him.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu1DuRAb59
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qAipabdLb
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qEQA99XSk
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUEqdkQF9J
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LyFbUCxXz
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfpaD0xJZK
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLqD3v2cH0
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TuVXteRM0
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wmYd1Et7p
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhlnJjvlov
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctByaEOBhW
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIXqPqN4fz
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF866XdDMb
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKrt4Xre7s
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfiqTrq4Z6
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZblB5wOgl
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsVBBubIdW
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFRRj7Ph4o
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IZOhCEBT4
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGTKumpGNk
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuHu2WCWU6
you…”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY1PQFgcsL
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPb9OR8ZdAZ
this was the moment they would all be referring to.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBIzRNXpab
“You jest?!” Celle asked.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSQON85ft9
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcoCSsQPEF
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyixzoXvoMS
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPIQZephGF
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIoaiPT1nf
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygMXBaukgd
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMmiLGiv6v
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBYdGGB2Ey
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWH7ErWpAE
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Bd4PUrLuI
“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 the381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYfhkJuri4
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91mLiIsUu1
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajjr24jWrv
of the rest, they whispered to one another.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGicmCneYij
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnhHwRZvH9
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGMAI43cY1
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpUFHYe0Gc
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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