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Wayne throws up a speed bubble just as the explosion bursts from the basket. Wax increases his weight Feruchemically and breaks through to the floor below with Marasi on top and Wayne following to land on both of them. They escape the explosion but Wayne is left badly burnt and so with little of his goldmind remaining.
After surviving the assassination attempt, the three of them sneak out of the mansion and head for the location of the Vanishers hideout. There, they find clues to the nature of the Vanishers' operations and a strong indicator as to who's leading them. [[Miles Dagouter]], or Miles "Hundredlives" as he's known.
Meanwhile, Miles talks to [[Mister Suit]], the mysterious benefactor of the Vanishers. Suit berates Miles for failing at the Yomen party and for losing so many men and equipment to the point that Miles is forced to assure Suit that Wax will be dealt with.
In the Outer Estates, Wax investigates the scene of one of the Vanishers' robberies with Wayne
Ranette provides Wax with a set of Hazekiller rounds and a new gun - a prototype that she
The Vanishers show up as expected, with Wayne and Marasi watching from afar witness how the Vanishers pull off their robberies; lifting the entire car off the tracks, a canal boat and crane steal the Breaknaught, replacing the stolen car with a replica. In Miles' workshop he makes an educated guess that Wax is inside the Breaknaught. Wrenching the door out of its frame the inside of the safe is still. Miles notices the length of string tied to the back of the door from the interior of the safe, shortly before Wax, hidden inside, pulls the string tight and setting off the dynamite taped to the back of the door.
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