24: I Wish I had the Other Sister

Maultner took the brunt of the fall, as his body cushioned mine by some reasonable margin. He rolled me off him and urged me to follow him in flight. I obeyed, because I did not want to have to explain myself to Majory, nor to my father and sister for that matter, who would not doubt hear about the irreparable blast sooner than later. Maultner had done me a favour. By pretending to take me hostage front of Majory, nobody would easily guess that I was a party to the explosion.