Chapter 28To Aurora’s relief, her brother and Tresilian returned unharmed. At least, for the most part. This time they gathered for the meeting in her room, and everyone was silent while Tresilian related what had happened.
“Then Midnight removed the Atlanteans’ control panel from the polymus.” Tresilian slapped Midnight’s shoulder. “But as to us all leaving via that route,” he shook his head. “It’s too slow, too cumbersome. We need to get out of the palace in a direct route.”
“The mechanical trains.” Aurora snapped her fingers. “They’d be ideal for conveying us as a group to the harbour.”
“I don’t know that the Atlanteans would want to risk fighting themselves.” Voltaire frowned. “They seem fragile, but you never know.”
“What if they were busy dealing with another emergency?” Midnight
