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“Doesn’t work now,” Shaut said as the rotating platforms slowed down and the noise ceased

Pro looked at the box Shaut held “Where’s the foot pedal? And the thing it was attached to?”

“What?” Shaut said, and turned the box over in his hands “There’s no foot pedal, and no way to attach one”

Chu walked over “We both saw Max use a foot pedal”

Pro nodded “Yes, and when I hit that red power control, the cord from the foot switch was attached to a sum” She pointed at a spot on the box where there was a perfectly round hole “I think it was attached there”

“So he brought soruured out as ” He put the box down “That crazy bastard”

“We still don’t knohere he went,” Chu said

“That I ht be able to help you with,” Shaut said andin front of this box, right?”

Chu crossed his arms “Yes, so what?”

“I’ll show you,” Shaut said, as he stepped into the cabinet and drew the curtain closed along the front

“He didn’t go into the box or close the curtain,” Chu complained

“Well then,” came Shaut’s voice from the box “Open the curtain and take a look!”

Chu walked up and yanked the curtain aside, and gasped The cabinet was empty

Pro snize it That’s a mirror cabinet”

“Right you are!” came the disembodied voice from inside the box “Perhaps you will allow me to reappear?”