They both felt it at the same time, even as the train lurched forward and the cars jolted thunderouslya tremor in the very fabric of things, like a ripple in a foam of potentiality which contained in it the threads of all their possible futures. Something, somewhere, had just happenedsomething directly related to their current endeavor of delivering the bomb to Barley and detonating it amidst the Enemy.

(An attack, you think, maybe an ambush? So soon?) communicated Ank, still smarting from his struggle to climb onto the flatcar with the added weight of the weapon.

You felt it too? Like one door closed and another had opened, but with disastrous consequences, for us all Williams looked at him, rattled and bewildered. Ank, how could we know that?

(Its possible that whatever thisthis thing is, this event horizon, this convergence of power dynamics its speeding up as we get closer, growing stronger. Meaning that the psychological link between us could be expanding to incorporate others. Regardless, it also means that our window for getting there has narrowed still further, possibly to the point of impossi)

Ank, dont.

(Its something we need to prepare ourselves for, Will. At any rate, Id suggest just now that you encourage our friendly engineer to step on the gas a little, or a lot.)

Williams leaned forward until they were almost nose to nose. Our friendly engineer, in case you havent noticed, is clearly insane!

(All the more reason to give it a shot. Just do it, Will. He may actually listen.)

And then Williams was leaning over the side using one of Anks spikes for a handhold while simultaneously yelling at the engineer, who poked his head out the engines side window, his long, gray hair flying, and shouted, You want speed, you got it, ha-ha! The world, shes a comin back, yesiree! He sounded the horn suddenly and Williams covered an ear, even as his hat blew off and fluttered away behind them. The New World Special is back in serviceand its taking its passengers to the Promised Land! Ha-ha!

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A Dinosaur Is A Mans Best Friend (A Serialized Novel), Part Nine: "The Demon and the Avatar"

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