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You keep your head low, making sure that it stays well below the parapet wall while all around the air is alive with the whistle and screech of bullets. The others return fire, and, within a few minutes, the clansmen have been silenced to a man. Then you hear the captain bark the order, ‘Follow me!’, and see Knott and Haskell leave the wall to run after him. He is heading towards a fire escape ladder on the far side of the roof. You pause just long enough to retrieve your Backpack and belt, and then you hurry after them.
