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Ato a stop in front of us The sides are raw ether, with slit-like s A door slides open on shrieking tracks, spilling a warlow onto the platform

Farley sesturing for us to join her "All aboard"

"The techies call it the Undertrain," she says as we shakily take our seats "Remarkably fast, and it runs on the ancient tracks the Silvers never bothered to look for"

Will shuts the door behind us, sla tin can If I weren’t so worried about the under-thing crashing, I’d be irip on the seat below me

"Where did you build this?" Maven wonders aloud, his eyes sweeping over the wretched cage "Gray Town is controlled, the techies work for--"

"We have techies and tech towns of our own, little prince," Farley says, looking very proud of herself "What you Silvers know about the Guard couldn’t fill a teacup"

The train lurches beneath us, al me fro until it reaches a speed that s,questions about the Undertrain and the Guard I’lad no one asks me to speak, because I’ll certainly throw up or pass out if I do ets by hi fro south"

Farley sits back in her seat, nodding "Yes"

"The south is radiated," he barks, staring down at her

She barely shrugs

"Where are you taking us?" Ifor the closed door No one stops hio No escape

"You knohat it does? Radiation?" He sounds truly afraid

Farley begins to tick off the sy s, headache, seizures, cancerous diseases, and, oh yes, death A very unpleasant death"

Suddenly I feel very sick "Why are you doing this? We’re here to help you"

"Mare, stop the train, you can stop the train" Maven drops in front ofme by the shoulders "Stop the train!"

Toto a very sharp and sudden stop Maven and I tu the hard hts bea another platforer and leads far back out of sight

Farley steps over the pair of us without so lance and trots onto the platfor?"