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"So what are we going to do?" Tarson asked

"Nothing," Miles said "Wax likely doesn’t realize I’ve guessed he’s there That gives us an advantage"

"But…"

"We can’t open the railcar here," Miles said "That’s the entire point of the thing We’ll need the workshop" He paused "Though I suppose we could just duh here to sink entirely I wonder if Wax has a plan to open the door if so like that happens"

"I don’t think Mister Suit wouldthe train car, boss," Tarson said "Not after what he must have spent to make that replica"

"Yes Unfortunately, the canal is only about fourteen feet deep If we duet it back out before another ship’s hull collided with it, revealing e’ve done Pity"

Waxilliuo Mister Suit didn’t realize how dangerous the man was Oh, he acted like he did But if he had really appreciated how dangerous, how effective, Waxillium was … well, he’d never have allowed this robbery He’d have stopped all operations and pulled out of the city And Miles would have agreed with the

That would have meant no confrontation

They floated into the City, carrying the train car, its cargo, and its occupant--ale His was a nearly inable fortress that protected hie ould happily have killed him

Mister Suit’s two minders--who called thee, but he didn’t speak to thehts were lines of fire in the hts sparkled high in the sky, the s of buildings that were shrouded in theThe h at least two of the ions accepted them as manifestations of the divine Miles had never been certain how to think of theer, or so so as they could be

The Church of the Survivor taught that the ed to hihts when theto the independent Whether they be thieves, scholars, anarchists, or a farmer who lived on his own land Anyone who survived on his own--or who thought for himself--was someone who followed the Survivor, whether he knew it or not

That’s another thing the current establishht Many of the to the Church of the Survivor, but discouraged their e for theer followed the Survivor He’d found so that feltof the Fourth and Fifth Octants Two s rose up opposite one another across the canal The tops disappeared into the mists Tekiel Toas on one side, the Ironspine on the other

The freight dock for the Ironspine was alongside its own branch fro to a stop, then used the dock’s stationary crane to lift the hidden train car off the barge It was supposed to be a big pile of rock, after all They sloung it into the air, then over and gently down onto the platforround and walked to the platform, joined by Push and Pull The rest of hisvery pleased Soet for the heist

Clamps looked very disturbed, and he scratched at the scars on his neck He was a Survivorist, his scars a ray-lipped yawn, then cracked his knuckles

The entire platfor one story into the foundry hall Once they passed through, the doors closed above The lift lurched slightly as it ca tunnel that Mister Suit claimed would someday provide train access under the city It looked hollow, empty, lifeless

"Hook up the chains," Miles said, hopping off the platform "Fix the train car in place"

"Couldn’t we just wait?" Tarson asked, frowning "It’ll open in twelve hours, right?"

"I plan to be gone in twelve hours," Miles said "Wax and his people are too close We’re going to crack that car open, deal hoever’s inside, then grab the aluo Get to work; let’s rip the door off"

His e train car to the ith a large number of clamps and chains Another set of chains was hooked to the Breaknaught’s door; these chains wrapped around the sa mechanism that raised and lowered the platfored, thethe chain wheels

Miles walked to the gun rack, selecting two aluuns identical to the ones in his holsters He was disturbed to notice that there was only one other gun on the rack They’d lost a fortune in weaponry Well, he’d just have to see that Waxilliuh the roo The air ses

"Arm up!" Miles ordered "Get ready to fire on the person inside the lanced at one another, confused, but then unslung or unholstered guns He had about a dozen of them here, with some others in reserve Just in case Never put all your bullets in the saun when Waxillium was around

"But boss," one of the Vanishers called, "the report said the train left without the guards inside!"

Miles cocked his gun "If you find a building without rats, son, then you know that soerous scared them away"