Chapter Twenty-Nine
Jens carefully pushed open the access panel. Standing behind him, still on the ladder, Tina had a view through the opening of the legs and shoes of many people shuffling along the corridor, all in the same direction. The sound of shouting became stronger, but now that Jens had opened the panel, it sounded like it came from slightly further down the passage.
“It’s very busy out there,” Jens said, peeking through the gap.
“Any pirates?”
“Not that I can see.”
“Then let’s go.”
First Jens and then Tina crawled out of the access panel.
Several people gave them strange looks.
The crowd formed a long and disorderly queue waiting for something at the end of the passage, likely to get through a checkpoint.
A couple of armed guards stopped the line at the end. Some people
