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Chapter 6 Part 6
Paul got down on one knee to be level with S. Petting her
hair, he told her to look only at him
and not at the grisly scene. Dell suggested she and Sorrel could go look at the
museum until Panda and Paul could clean out one of the elevators for their
use. Sorrel nodded her approval for this
plan and grasped Dell’s hand to walk away. Panda and Paul exchanged a look of
resigned sadness touched with horror and went to look for some kind of broom
and dustpan.
Of course colossal bank buildings don’t just happen to have
a broom and dustpan propped up behind the reception desk. After poking down side hallways and around
corners they found a utility closet which was of course locked. They finally found a good push broom and
industrial dust pan in the kitchen of the restaurant. There were also rubber
gloves and bar towels to tie around their mouths and noses to keep them from
inhaling any of that human ash. Then there was the added problem of where to
dispose of the skull and bones and debris. Just dumping it out the front door
to bump into later on their way out did not seem wise, so Panda got several bus
tubs from the restaurant and carried them, full of bone fragments and personal effects,
into the dumpster out behind the restaurant.
They cleaned out 3 of the elevators that had the most
fragments and visible bone pieces and decided to call it quits. There was just
something about constantly having to sweep up after the dead that was grating
on the nerves, and nobody really liked investing time and energy in doing a lot
of it.
Retrieving Dell and Sorrel from the museum shop, who came
laden with silk scarves, beaded jewelry, several picture books and some little
games of the quality only found in upscale museum stores delicious enough to
slaver over, they finally loaded onto the swept and purged elevator to the 30th
floor.
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