The Society (A Broken World Book 1) by Dean Murray

Author:Dean Murray [Murray, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fir'shan Publishing
Published: 2015-07-09T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Brennan pulled a chair up for me next to his work area and got started fitting something round to an arm-like protrusion on the top of the machine. I watched him work for two hours and was astonished by two observations.

The first was just how lost he became in his work. It was like nothing else but the generator existed.

He finished fitting the round part onto the generator and then went over to some of the machinery mounted against the wall and began fabricating a long copper coil. I was pretty sure that was going to end up with a current running through it so that it could serve as a magnetic conduit for the antimatter, but I couldn't ask—not without betraying too much interest.

The second observation was the fact that Brennan didn't seem to be working from any written notes. It seemed incredible that he could construct something so complex from memory, but it was hard to argue with my own eyes.

It wasn't until he sighed and set down the copper coil that I finally dared ask. "Are you really doing all of this from memory?"

"Not exactly." He pointed over at a heavy steel cabinet. "I've got plans locked away over there, but they are all encoded, so I tend not to use them unless I don't have any other choice."

"You're worried about someone stealing your idea?"

He double-checked that the machines he'd been using were powered down, and then nodded. "Yes, but even if someone managed to make it through all of my security it still wouldn't do them any good. My notes are useless unless you know the set of rotating constants that I multiply my calculations by."

I faked a smile and nodded. "That's good. So all you have to worry about is someone stealing the generator itself."

"Yeah, only that's going to be a lot harder than it sounds. It's going to take a lot of disassembly to get it through the door at this point, and once it's up and running it's going to be full of anti-matter, so disassembling it without knowing what you're doing will result in an explosion big enough to take out the entire city block."

Brennan gave the generator one last pat. "As much as I'd like to stay down here all day and make more progress on this beast, we'd better go back upstairs. There isn't a ton more I can do on it without the rest of the steel and copper I still need from the foundry. If I want to finish the generator, I'll need to put in the time to get the foundry back up and running."

I followed Brennan over to the door, and then waited as he shut off the lights inside of the workshop before leading me into the dim stairwell. I was trying to be more careful, but despite that I still misjudged one of the steps halfway up and stumbled again. Brennan's arm once again snaked around my waist, offering support at the same time that it pulled me in closer to him.

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