"Pardon me for asking," Revin said. "But just where is Lord Vallon?"
"He's probably with one of his mistresses," Rachel scoffed. "He has 3 or 4. I can't keep track of which one. It took one breath of unrest to #chase him out of the capital."
"He is a fool," Grip said.
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"It appears we've slipped through their #net," Revin said to Grip & Tiny. "For the moment anyway. But we need to plan a next move."
"Where did the marines go?" Tiny asked.
"They wouldn't say," Revin said. "They said I didn't need to know."
"I know a place," Rachel said.
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As dinner was served, Grip brought a bowl for Revin & held Stinky while he ate.
"How is #Will?" Revin asked around a mouthful of stew.
Grip smiled. "He's glad to be back aboard the Queen," he said, scritching Stinky's ears. "Politics is hard. Dirty. He needed a break."
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There was a long, awkward silence, then Grip bowed low.
"I'm #very pleased see you again, Milady," he said.
"No, Milord," she replied, with a curtsy. "It is I who am pleased to see you."
"This is all very nice," Revin said. "But if the guards see us, we're screwed."
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"The girls are away. When #do you want to make a run for it?" Grip said emerging from out of the gloom.
Revin had noticed a couple of attempts to open the manhole cover and knew that, sooner or later, they'd come down another way to investigate. He stood up.
"Let's go!"
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Should I keep writing the new Revin story using my #vss365 and #flexvss tweets? Or, with some new things coming out, should I mix it up?
Someone pounded on the door of the book repository.
"Throw down your weapons and come out, and no #harm will come to you!"
"Quickly!" Revin whispered. "Just like we trained!"
The girls ran to the manhole and slid down, then ran along the ledge, deeper into the sewer.
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"Well met, #Master's Mate," Grip said. Revin embraced him & made room for the elite marines that followed.
"Just warning," Revin said. "If you so much as crack a smile when you see the girls drilling, their sergeant will kick your ass."
Smiling did not seem to be a risk.
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Revin emerged from the sewer and, after one whiff, a cry went up from the girls.
"We #Hate Stinky Boy!" they chanted going back for buckets & sponges.
"It's not my fault!" Revin pleaded, holding up the puppy. "Look!"
"Wash first!" they said gagging & holding their noses.
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Revin stood at the discharge point of the sewer overlooking the sea at sunrise. He #scanned the sky until he spotted the airship standing off-and-on just over the horizon. Using his signaling mirror, he flashed until acknowledged & then he flashed a short message.
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