Chapter 1: The Corpse of Steel(7)
Had the parasites fallen inside, they would have simply become ingredients in the broth, digested by the already rotting steel giant, no one ever knowing of their fate. For all anyone knows there could be dozens more below who thought that sneaking into an abandoned building was a good idea.
Those types don't tend to be found even in the rare occasions when someone actually cares to look, I muse.
Regardless, whatever led to the meat scattered outside certainly wasn't a premeditated murder, but something had tenderized them before gravity for sure.
The wooden boards lead me to a metal box extending to the sky. Once an elevator shaft, it still allowed residents to get from one floor to another, only the method involved the simple rung ladder sticking out of its interior. I begin ascending, pleasantly surprised to find that at least they didn't make any more noise than the simple clang-clang of metal on metal from our contact.
Those types don't tend to be found even in the rare occasions when someone actually cares to look, I muse.
Regardless, whatever led to the meat scattered outside certainly wasn't a premeditated murder, but something had tenderized them before gravity for sure.
The wooden boards lead me to a metal box extending to the sky. Once an elevator shaft, it still allowed residents to get from one floor to another, only the method involved the simple rung ladder sticking out of its interior. I begin ascending, pleasantly surprised to find that at least they didn't make any more noise than the simple clang-clang of metal on metal from our contact.