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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITwXrumhCz
I might not allow you to even finish it.”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6hg74i3Ny
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69iYHlUaga
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOxTB0bXOq
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIOE2evRmY
just this scene happening in front of him.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNt6JtlolQO
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtBmQZrbjb
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLCRteL7ne
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5hFBHmMvX
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9sOri5I6y
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXkMMpfhlo
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4Z8k1vh4W
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoTS7LyYQz
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQi6CXrsp6
tensions were rising...364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj99H3tYzpm
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMwaxItHVH
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5QJCCsne8
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSnbmOU6Ij
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS49zF5ejkp
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3UxbNCi9c
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpZjSoS4ea
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWP5aQD6BR
him.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgcLHKdrpv
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjSst59Rtb
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTlmFOTnwg
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIuxvdRfDo
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0ldaKv1jU
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihjyfcZ4Ek
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ82B3BaEem
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiZ4UOADng
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKMfzepDp9
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoYd8Es0T8
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGFXf6XZvg
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6xLh7rPaJ
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWYb4KXLOs
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjnRLSdZk3
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPMJCA1e2J
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqn5QoTh0C
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLAMIe3YUG
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvP1F4ZCBR
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jiJDEuXlK
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1Q2Rr1IgF
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I2lzcXUrX
you…”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuZNTVdT6T
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFJE2XdpKT
this was the moment they would all be referring to.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFCM8iFRIa
“You jest?!” Celle asked.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGz5FnHzeuS
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3BpWhmZbs
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWkfKSZiZo
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7wNGo7mAg
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRFlKgVvdc
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPqBa9YbPI
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn44L3mQdFj
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyNwXsaJUf
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzsZRNqQOF
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68qqtexSSK
“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 the364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSExjkBA6J
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmZ46iY4MD
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmksQwdWWh
of the rest, they whispered to one another.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gwj4EHD1m
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoLGMu1Z4J
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz9O62x9et
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx2G26v8AI
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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