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Djay Laro had to swallow. He could feel his heart pounding down his throat. Step by step, he walked towards the unknown spacecraft. He took a chance. It’s a big chance. He was all too aware of that. The Sepulchrians had come to Affix to pick something up. Something that was in the sarcophagus of the tomb that had been closed until recently. Whatever it was, it was undoubtedly precious. And probably fragile. If not, the Sepulchrians would have long used brutal force to drive away the people who had holed up here in the tomb. Or destroy it. The latter seemed more obvious, but Laro wanted to stay positive. Although the spacecraft blocked the entrance, so far nothing had happened. Not even as he slowly but surely approached the Sepulchrian ship.
At some distance, officers from the Affix P
