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We exploded the door a little. The guards got called. Little scuffle.

that's not too bad

i wonder what everyone will do now though. now that it's open

We took everything inside, it's empty now.

how full was it?

Not that full. The robot and some star maps. Stuff we can hide easily enough.

okay

let me know if they plan to do anything with it? there might be people on board who would be good to get the maps

i don't know but it's not like we're going to be on this train forever

Who do you have in mind?

no idea

but the idea sounded logical in my head?? i heard a guy called odin is a head engineer in neon is good at his job but i've never talked to him

i don't know if he's secretly a bad guy

Too risky to clue him in.

okay. someone else might have a better idea

We should keep it amongst ourselves.

we should keep everything?

At least until we know who or what the king is. But this could be useful back in Etraya. Pieces of a puzzle we can't see yet.

[ He thinks about that for a minute. ]

what if the king is the train's way of finding a new planet?

Aurora asked if we wanted to see a world that was dying.

but we're meant to remove the king. their old world is already gone

this train isn't very good for watching a world die

[ Maybe the king is the only thing keeping this world alive. Maybe they're putting it out of its misery. ]

This might be all they have left. This is the dying.

do you think it's better to remove the chance for them to find out the truth, then? if the king is something that leads the train to a place that doesn't exist

[ One thing about John, one thing that he's always been so good at, is that he's good at following orders. The Army, the CIA, Harold; now Aurora has this advantage on him, has the threat of his entire world dying, and is giving orders. Missions. John knows when to shut up and do what he's told, he was trained to be this way. ]

That's not what the mission is.

it's not?

The mission is to remove the king from the train. Easiest way to do that is to keep it secret from the residents.

[ It doesn't matter what they think, Etrayans or train residents. It doesn't matter if removing the king helps or hurts the train. ]

so you don't care what it does?

[ John knows not to ask questions he might not want the answer to. Hesitation won't help them here. ]

Not our job.

[ He pauses. He wonders. It reminds him of the question he has now and then, about how they're truly judged. If this is the example of a dying world? It's a poor one.

But if it's an example of deciding the fate of other people, then that sounds about right for the game they're playing. ]

okay

If you hear any information let Finch or me know.

[ He doesn't want Gorgug to have to make these decisions. He wants to make them for him. That way if Gorgug has to blame someone for what happens he can blame John instead of himself. It's not right to put kids in this kind of situation. ]

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