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"This way," Ven said, emitting a faint yellow aura that lighted the area around her. "Follow me. " She staggered a little under the weight of the equipment she was carrying. I wished that we had enough power to energize an air sled -- -but we had none to spare. The robots had used up most of our scanty power metal reserves in camouflaging the ship and the adaptor had taken the rest. This was going to be a miserable trip. It was going to be painful, uncomfortable and perhaps even dangerous.
It was.