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Hilltown Chapter 8
Oct. 17th, 2004 08:53 pmHilltown Chapter 8
Dean stopped for a moment to settle his backpack more comfortably on his shoulders. His headlight threw back sparks of gold, glittering in the black stone of the lava tube's walls. It was fool's gold, of course. Real gold was so rare on this world that the gold-nibbed pen he'd sold to The University Museum on Captain Hardy's behalf had fetched a reward that surprised even him. Radio? Sonar? Ship's supplies? Hades be his witness, Hardy could have bought Hilltown with the reward for that bit of gold.
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Dean stopped for a moment to settle his backpack more comfortably on his shoulders. His headlight threw back sparks of gold, glittering in the black stone of the lava tube's walls. It was fool's gold, of course. Real gold was so rare on this world that the gold-nibbed pen he'd sold to The University Museum on Captain Hardy's behalf had fetched a reward that surprised even him. Radio? Sonar? Ship's supplies? Hades be his witness, Hardy could have bought Hilltown with the reward for that bit of gold.
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