“This is it,” said Tarkus.
“That?” asked Kaira.
She looked the shop over. It was just one more run-down shop amongst many. There was an extremely secure looking door, but every store seemed to have one of those. There were two small and grimy windows covered with thick bars showing just a hint of the goods behind them.
“Yeah,” said Tarkus. “Impressive, isn’t it?”
“No!”
“And that may well be the point. Come on.”
Tarkus approached the door. It swung inward before he reached it, revealing a small space ending in another, similarly strong, door. Tarkus shrugged and stepped in. Kaira followed… and the door behind them slammed shut.
“Remove any weapons and place them in the hatch to your right,” said a disembodied voice. “You will then be scanned for remaining weapons. If you ha
