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“Who else is coming?” asked Adam, interested. “Can you work it?” said Linden, ignoring him.
“Not without power!” Runa searched her pockets,
pulled out a small device, and waved it over the panel. “It’s completely dead!”
“You seem upset,” Adam tried. “Can I help?”
Linden turned and faced back up the stairs, holding the EMP stick ready. Adam attempted to make sense of
what was going on.
“Is there...” He stopped. “Is someone bad coming?
Hello? What is happening, please?”
Runa frowned and bit her lip and looked at him. “Power...” she muttered. “Power. You— Can you
power this hatch panel?”
Adam studied the panel. “Yes,” he said. “Why?”
“Do it!”
He shrugged. It was an odd request, but he’d come
out to help, so he placed his palm over the panel’s power port and transferred some charge across. The panel blinked and lit up green, and gave a small beep.
“This is the emergency exit,” said Adam, helpfully. He remembered what Father had said. “You should only use it in emergencies. The Emergency Exit Is Not A Toy.”
Runa ignored him. Her fingers danced over the panel, activating codes and sequences.
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