Sapper - a story adjacent to Cloverleaf

[aldersprig]

“Are you there yet?”

The only things George was currently happy about could be listed on two clawed fingers: he was underground, and when he was not digging, he was getting tolerable and semi-regular meals.

“You started me five miles away.  No, I’m not there yet. It’s only been three days and I’m not a miracle worker.”

He would have been politer - he HAD been politer the first sixteen times - but every time he had to answer, he had to stop digging.

“You’re an earth-Worker, though.  A mole. Shouldn’t this go fast for you?”

read on…

Comments

[kelkyag]

Sounds like Cya's extensive planning will turn out well for George.

[aldersprig]

I think it will! happy George … or at least less-unhappy.

[aldersprig]

I read this first as “Cya’s excessive planning” and was like… can’t really argue that in this case.

[kelkyag]

That is also a word I considered, yes, but it's hard to call that excessive when the plan/preparations were invoked and useful.

If nothing else, George's odds of being killed in the invasion just went way down.

[sauergeek]

Yup, George has the right idea. And as the waiting room is in Cloverleaf — or at least I presume so given it's inside the outer wall — I expect that George will end up freed promptly and then possibly turned on his former owners.