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Together they began working the ratchets After ten seconds Saain He sprinted to the bow ratchet block and cranked it until the line was shivering with tension Sa

“Okay, stop!”

Remi froze

“Start walking backward into the grass, then lie down on your belly and wait till I give you the all clear”

If any of the lines parted under the strain they would snap back with lethal force

Sa it tremble He reached the lip of the inlet and looked down

“Gotta love physics,” Sam whispered

The Molch was lying against the bank at a thirty-degree angle, periscope poking into the tree branches and her sli from the water

Remi appeared at his shoulder “Wow,” she whispered

“‘Wow’ is right”

They added a second line to the one around the hatch, then slowly let out the bow and stern blocks, doubled up those lines, and rese cured the one of the lines for bala

nce, Saroaned, shifted, and dipped a few inches, but otherwise held

“Would you like the honors?” Sa at the hatch

“Sure”

“Here”