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 Jon sighed as he paused and waited for the splashing footsteps to stop. This was getting ridiculous, he'd been traipsing around the ancient reservoir beneath the city for over an hour in search of his quarry and he was no closer to finding them. It was evident however that someone had found him and he was getting tired of the watery footsteps trailing his every movement. Turning towards the now stopped footsteps as he stood in the ankle deep water, Jon spoke up. “Look I'm getting tired of wandering in circles down here and I need to find your boss. Do you want to just get this over with?” There was silence for a moment and then

They arrived back in Southampton at dusk. Emma stood on the prow of the ship, her eyes on the squat cylindrical tower of Southampton castle, looming high above the town on its great mound. Her mind was fluttering from topic to topic like a caged bird, unable to settle. In a strange and twisted way, the past – how long had it been, nine, ten days? – had been an escape from reality. Just a small group of people, cut off from the world on a small ship, united in a common purpose. Now she was returning to a real world, a real world that no longer contained her uncle, the linchpin of her existence for as long as she could remember. &#