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It’s only when the plane is rolling down the runway that I allow myself a sigh of relief.
“What the hell?” Bert says in confusion when I sit down next to him. “How did I get here?”
Ignoring my friend, I phase in.
The plane stops moving, along with the rest of the world. I make my way to the door and exit the plane using the inflatable evacuation slide. Luckily, this thing seems to run off compressed air and not fancy electronics.
Monks aren’t climbing up the wheels of the plane, action-movie style. Good. No one is running after us. Even better. I think I actually escaped them.
I just need to find out whether my friends are okay.
I find a way back into the airport. It’s easy to navigate high-security places in the Quiet, since I don’t have to worry about security guards and can ta
