It was possibly big enough for a person to crawl through, but as the insect moved deeper, the pipe narrowed as it joined another, smaller pipe. Then it joined another.
Reidar pushed the insect forward, guiding it deeper toward the city.
He tracked the distance in his mind.
200 meters from the wall.
100 meters.
50 meters.
The pipe was intact here, with no leaks to be found.
20 meters.
15 meters.
The Sky-Hunter kept moving, and the dampening field hadn't triggered yet.
10 meters.
The insect crawled past the theoretical boundary, but it remained stable.
Reidar exhaled, the tension in his chest loosening slightly.
"It's working," he said. "The pipe is underground. The earth and concrete must be shielding it from the dampening field, or the field simply doesn't extend that deep."
He pushed the insect further.
5 meters.
0 meters. It was under the wall.
The insect crawled upward now as the pipe angled toward the surface. Light appeared ahead through a grate.
