[ Miles keeps glancing up at Bel for their reaction. He knows that look of keen interest ... And he's deeply gratified to see it. Yes, he's made the right choice tonight. This is probably a gross abuse of his authority, but - eh.
Once they're inside the facility, their escorts permit them a carefully monitored tour. That's all Miles' influence is able to get them, and even that was a hell of a stretch. They wind up in a room with a glass panel that looks out into the actual chamber with the forbidden Porter in it. Here they have a few moments of relative privacy; the guards are posted by the exit, and there's no way to get to the Porter from here.
Well ... almost. The line of sight is clear enough, and there's no power dampening in this specific room. And there's a small crack in the wall, unnoticed, that feeds out into the adjacent chamber ...
Miles isn't quite thinking about that part yet, though. ]
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Once they're inside the facility, their escorts permit them a carefully monitored tour. That's all Miles' influence is able to get them, and even that was a hell of a stretch. They wind up in a room with a glass panel that looks out into the actual chamber with the forbidden Porter in it. Here they have a few moments of relative privacy; the guards are posted by the exit, and there's no way to get to the Porter from here.
Well ... almost. The line of sight is clear enough, and there's no power dampening in this specific room. And there's a small crack in the wall, unnoticed, that feeds out into the adjacent chamber ...
Miles isn't quite thinking about that part yet, though. ]
This is as close as I can get us, alas.