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Chapter 134: Master of the Lake part 2

While I’d been talking with Iris, the submerged drone had found the escape pod. We still didn’t know whether water had gotten inside. A crack had formed when the parachute deployed, so it was a real risk. It wasn’t responding to calls, but that wasn’t strange if it was in low-power or stealth mode.

The drone dragged the steel cable over and fixed it to the pod’s outer hull. I checked the cable myself, just in case.

Touching a frozen cable like this with bare hands would tear the skin right off. Leather gloves are mandatory for this job. Once I protected my hands and gripped the cable, I could feel that the lock was secure.

Reeling in the cable and hauling up the pod was beyond me alone. Even with Gloria helping, it would have been a stretch.

The smart move here was to wait for Elna’s unit to arrive. The plan