Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Alloy of Law"
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== Chapter 17 ==
Watching the train from afar, Wayne and Marasi observe at the location Wax assumed the Vanishers would attack at. The "phantom" train the Vanishers use turns out to be nothing more than a hand-propelled rail wagon behind a wooden engine façade. It consists of a powerful lamp that Marasi speculates must be powered by a chemical battery. The train carrying the Breaknought stops to allow Tekiel guards to confront the Vanishers when the bandits open fire with a rotary gun.
As they watch the Vanishers meticulous plan unfold they finally witness how the railcars are stolen. A boat on the canal containing a strong crane lifted the Breaknought away from the train, depositing it on the deck and then replacing it with a replica.
Miles knows Wax is inside the Breaknought, more through logical deduction as a lawkeeper. Taking it back to his workshop, Miles orders his men to open fire on anyone inside the moment they get it open. The door is yanked off but nothing moves inside the safe. As Miles and his crew wait he notices a length of string extending from the train car to the door they'd just pulled off, ending at the dynamite taped to the back of it.
Wax pulls the string tight.
== Chapter 18 ==
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