'pa' Bare Necessities: revise chapter end (unfinished)

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and Jack. <span class="quote speech">Follow me.</span>
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<p>
Mary says: <span class="quote speech">The closest access point is right
Mary says: <span class="quote speech">The closest access hole is right
there, behind the store.</span><br />
They walk around it and onto a field of <span class="comment">withering?
</span> plants. A large, partially buried pipe with just the top exposed
goes through it with an access hatch roughly in the center of the field.
Right next to the hatch is a <span class="comment">Gestell?</span> with
a boom to lower a large bucket into the access hatch.<br />
a boom to lower a large bucket down into it.<br />
Jack asks: <span class="quote speech">Is it all like this, buried pipes
going to fields?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Mostly. In the greenhouses, it&apos;s just
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connects to the inlet. It&apos;s a bit of a walk but I can show
you.</span><br />
She gestures for them to follow but Jack stops her:<br />
<span class="quote speech">Wait, we can take the truck.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">That&apos;s <i>your</i> car?</span><br />
Her sudden excitement seems to take Jack by surprise.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Uhh... yeah.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">That&apos;s so cool! I&apos;ve only ever seen
the broken ones by the side of the road. We gonna drive there?</span>
<span class="quote speech">Wait, we can drive there.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">That&apos;s <i>your</i> car? Heck yeah!</span>
<br />
<span class="quote speech">If you show the way.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Heck yeah!</span>
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<p class="comment">
Not sure of this should be the end of a chapter or if I should continue
here.<br />
One thing that has happened is that this chapter, while written from
Annie&apos;s perspective, has her be a passive bystander without even
having any introspection for most of it. This needs to be adressed
somehow.
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<p class="comment">
Description of the inlet: Two &lt;translate: Stauwehre&gt;, a large one
and a small one. The small one can be adjusted with large screws.
Behind the small one is a pit with a grate covering the tunnel entrance.
They see a railway bridge not too far upstream.
<span class="quote speech">Uhh... yes.</span><br />
He seems to be taken aback by her sudden excitement.<br />
<span class="comment">Missing: explanation, they go to car, Mary sits in
the front with Jack</span>
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