​     His ears went out on him again. ​As things stood, he probably wouldn't be able to communicate with Claudia for at least five minutes. Damn. He knew he'd get swiss cheesed the second he showed his face anywhere at any time in this compound. But, if he stayed where he was, sooner or later someone would start aiming and firing, so...

     He grabbed a handful of stamp grenades and slapped them on the wall at his back. Then, 

​     WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!

​     The wall just kind of crumbled. Cold mountain air beyond and a very slim ledge that led around the edge of Goldbody's mountaintop fortress. He'd get to the nerve center of the fortress that way.

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