'km' Unhappy Engine Noises: continue writing

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@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ going with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
   She puts a large piece of leftover hose aside and crawls out.<br >
   <span class="quote speech">That was quick &ndash; nice job.</span><br />
   Jack walks over to the compartment holding the batteries, takes the
-  cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to his makeshift power
-  supply. Then, he starts the generator and climbs into the train.
-  Michelle follows him and they go to the driver&apos;s cabin. Jack turns
-  a key switch and part of the dashboard lights up. Then, he pushes the
-  engine start button. The engine begins to turn over. While holding
-  the button, Jack points to the fuel pressure gauge, slightly raising
-  his voice to talk over the engine:<br />
+  cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to the generator he had
+  turned into a makeshift power supply. He starts it and climbs into
+  the train. Michelle follows him and they go to the driver&apos;s cabin.
+  Jack turns a key switch and part of the dashboard lights up. Then, he
+  pushes the engine start button. The engine begins to turn over.
+  While holding the button, Jack points to the fuel pressure gauge,
+  slightly raising his voice to talk over the engine:<br />
   <span class="quote speech">That&apos;s progress already.</span><br />
   The needle on the gauge slowly creeps to the right.<br />
   <span class="quote speech">Too slow though</span>, he adds after a
@@ -91,19 +91,61 @@ going with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
 <p>
   <span class="quote speech">Not the right one but I found this.</span>
   <br />
-  Jack holds up a small box he found in a drawer. He opens it while walking
+  Jack holds up a box he found in a drawer. He opens it while walking
   back to Michelle and pulls out a fuel filter that is significantly larger
-  than the one pulled from the train.<br />
-  <span class="comment">The hose fits inside the filter so they install it
-  by putting a bigger hose around both.</span>
+  than the one pulled from the train. The fuel line fits inside it so they
+  add a piece of larger hose over that and put multiple hose clamps around
+  both.
 </p>
 <p>
   Michelle climbs back inside, Jack starts the generator again and follows
-  her. They go to the driver&apos;s cabin.<br />
+  her.<br />
   <span class="quote speech">Ready?</span> She has her fingers on the
   engine start button.<br />
   <span class="quote speech">Go for it.</span><br />
   It takes a while but the engine eventually sputters to life. Michelle
   lets go of the button and it keeps running.
 </p>
+<p>
+  A few hours pass as they fix up a bunch of other small things around
+  the train and put the floor panels back in. While climbing around the
+  storage shelves in the <span class="comment">hall/hangar?</span>, he
+  finds a crate of dried-out lead-acid batteries. After adding some water
+  and letting them sit for a while to dissolve the acid, he shoves them
+  into the battery compartment and connects the cables.<br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Michelle, can you turn the switch?</span>
+  <br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Nothing.</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">I figured. Let&apos;s see if...</span><br />
+  He connects the generator back to the train and starts it.<br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Start the engine, I&apos;m wanna see
+  if we can charge the batteries like this.</span><br />
+  With the engine running, he wraps some loose wires around the battery
+  terminals and connects them to the generator, causing quite a few sparks
+  to fly. The generator&apos;s engine sounds like it&apos;s suddenly
+  struggling under heavy load. He yanks the wires out but a few bits of
+  them have already fused with the battery terminals.
+  <span class="quote speech">Okay, that was truly a room temperature IQ
+  move.</span><br />
+  He disconnects the train from the generator and waits for a moment
+  to see if its engine will continue running without electricity.
+  It does, so he forces the lugs onto the battery terminals which now have
+  pieces of wire stuck to them.<br />
+  Michelle leans out of the window and says:
+  <span class="quote speech">The gauge with the battery symbol just jumped
+  to the red line.</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">If it&apos;s not past it, should be
+  fine.</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Well, slightly?</span><br />
+  Jack climbs into the train and goes to the driver&apos;s cabin.<br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Nah this is fiiiine.</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+  After giving the dashboard a once-over and leaning out of the window
+  to check that the train is free to move, he attempts to disengage the
+  brakes. Nothing happens. He flips a few switches and a compressor starts
+  puttering away under the floor. The next attempt to disengage the brakes
+  is met with a lot of hissing from underneath the train, but nothing else
+  happens.
+</p>
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