The Least Common Denominator

IX.III Differential Calculus

With a start, I took off; my feet almost leaping off the ground as we rushed ahead of our front line. The roaring heat of the surrounding vats washed through my face as each step felt like a lungful of humid, super-heated air; my hair flapping through the wind in long, heavy clumps while my eyes struggled to remain open for me to spot a potential opening for our attack. 

"Stick close!" 

We only had one shot at penetrating this wall. Better make it count.

"On my mark, 'Livia!"

"Got it!"

It wouldn't be long now till we hit the blockade, perhaps just a few more seconds of running at ful