"Who are you?"

In response, the machine spat out a sheaf of cards. At a glance, it looked to be a full deck of tarot, without punches. I did not dare speculate on what that could mean.

"What can I do to stop this?"

Empress reversed, Knight of Pentacles, Page of Wands, Queen of Swords. "Destroy the machine. Destroy the papers. Kill the Queen of Swords."

I felt a tightness in my chest. The other cards in the report, combined with the punch marks, suggested that this meant Lady Elizabeth.

There were enough chemicals in the building to provide fuel for a fire. Once the flames reached the phlogiston in the analytical engine the entire place would explode like a powder keg. I dragged Cooper from the building before setting a match to it. There was...

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