The sculptor’s voice trails off behind the three as they walk briskly toward the ship.
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They manage to replace the missing tiles and fix the other minor damage quickly, including the spring of the indicator. Meanwhile, since there doesn’t seem to be any sign of water around, Daniel fills the fuel tank with the rest of the bottle of liquid fuel.
"O.K., guys, ready!"
"Walt, open the window, and tell Alex we're ready."
Walt starts to open the window. As he does so, his arm inadvertently hits the lever. Suddenly, the cylinder is airborne.
"What happened?"
"My arm hit the dern lever!"
They can hear the cries of Alex below, as the cylinder hovers above the square: "Hey! Wait for me!"
Walt tries to move the lever in order to bring the cylinder down. "It’s stuck!"
Daniel and Kerry try to help, but to no avail. Soon the cylinder is on its way again.
"And he’s got the dang device in his pocket! Damn!!"
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