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:“I’m not yeller!” Edd squeaked. | :“I’m not yeller!” Edd squeaked. | ||
:“Are too! —” Roly’s little apple cheeks flushed with brimming petulance. | :“Are too! —” Roly’s little apple cheeks flushed with brimming petulance. | ||
:“Cut it out Roly,” barked | :“Cut it out Roly,” barked [[A.J. Paul|AJ]]. Don’t pay him no mind, [[Edd Sweeney|Sweeney]]. You carry on.” | ||
:“Lads! ''Quiet''!” hissed Squadron Leader [[Opco Boone]]. “I have to finish this determination dispute trigger. I need bit of quiet. It’s — fiddly ... multi-lat ... ” Boone jabbed his screwdriver into the mechanism, and spluttered as a shower of rust sprinkled his face. | :“Lads! ''Quiet''!” hissed Squadron Leader [[Opco Boone]]. “I have to finish this determination dispute trigger. I need bit of quiet. It’s — fiddly ... multi-lat ... ” Boone jabbed his screwdriver into the mechanism, and spluttered as a shower of rust sprinkled his face. | ||
:“Don’t forget the double counting, Opco,” said [[Georgie Esterman|George]]. | :“Don’t forget the double counting, Opco,” said [[Georgie Esterman|George]]. | ||
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:Nearby, a vigorous flutter, an explosion of limbs, like a scrambling bird escaping from its predator’s clutch. | :Nearby, a vigorous flutter, an explosion of limbs, like a scrambling bird escaping from its predator’s clutch. | ||
:“Roly! ''Roly''! Come back! Where are you going?” | :“Roly! ''Roly''! Come back! Where are you going?” | ||
:But the young [[squadsman]] had gone. A righteous sneer curled | :But the young [[squadsman]] had gone. A righteous sneer curled [[A.J. Paul|A.J.]]’s lip. | ||
:Boone stood up. “C’mon gang, this is a dead end. No-one will read this, or understand it, much less ever use it. We better find [[Roly]]. Let’s get out of here.” | :Boone stood up. “C’mon gang, this is a dead end. No-one will read this, or understand it, much less ever use it. We better find [[Roly]]. Let’s get out of here.” | ||
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