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Gently, ever so gently, Harry set Claire down inside something that looked almost like a peapod. Except it was a dark brownish-red and large enough to swallow a grown man. The very instant he pulled his hands away, the pod began to seal itself, flaps of skin coming together with only a hair-thin line between them. It startled him when the seam shrank to a point and then vanished, leaving the entire pod as one solid piece of unbroken flesh.
Harry drew a breath through his gaping mouth, then forced his eyes shut and shuddered. “Won't she suffocate in there?” It was a very stupid question. If the Overseers wanted to kill his daughter, there were easier ways.
When he turned, Slade was standing in the middle of the massive dome, one fist on his hip as he smiled at Harry. “Claire will be f
