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We’d been asleep for a few hours when a gentle chiora saying, "I do hope you’ve enjoyed your rest Miss Garcia would like to remind you that you have an appoint the sleep frolasses with the other It’s a how quickly habits reassert themselves, even when they’re not really needed anyo see the Monkey" Shaun leaned over to grab his shirt off the floor before sitting up

"The who?"

"I’ll explain on the way Co dressed to go substantially easier than it used to be Not that I ever spent thatabout what to wear, but when you own ten identical pairs of black pants, you so out which ones are clean We were both ready in half the time it would have taken before I died Shaun led the way to the door, where he paused, looking back ata haunted house," he said "Thank you for co any space for my response Maybe that didn’t s that didn’t need to be responded to I followed hi shut behind ie, and Becks were already in the lobby, standing near the entrance to the airlock Mahir paled when he saw host In a weird way, I guess he technically had

"Everything fit?" asked Maggie, as alked into conversational distance

"Like a dream," I said "Even the shoes are perfect Thank you You have no idea how good it feels to be dressed again They wouldn’t even let ie shuddered at the thought of that indignity Becks kept eyeingabout the whole situation

"We were thinking you ht not feel co off his shock He dipped a hand into his pocket, pulling it out with the fingers curled around so blankly at him, I held out my hand He dropped an ear cuff into it

It was a s a quarter of an ounce, but it felt like the heaviest,in the entire world I raised lad for the falasses They would keep everyone else fro the tears in my eyes

"Oh, God, Mahir, thank you" I blinked the tears away as firmly as I could More rose to take their place "Thank you so much"

"It only has three nuht with suspicion "Tap it once for Shaun, twice for Mahir, and three tiram it There’s a safety lock on the controls Youwill short out, and we’ll know"

"I wouldn’t dream of it," I said "Seriously, thank you all You have no idea how ht have a bit of a clue"

I s the ear cuff to the shallow outside curve of h school, back when I started wearing the portable contact devices on a regular basis I’d have raw spots and blisters for at least a hile I got used to it And I didn’t really give a daaily off to our doo his eyes away froracious hosts would prefer the doom not find us early"

"You are always such the little ray of golden sunshine, Mahir, you know that?" Shaun grinned "Let’s roll"

Joey--

What the fk do you mean, "Danika was just in touch with you"? Danika hasn’t been in touch with anybody in years She’s still on crazy safari in the crazy jungle, looking for the crazydead Seriously, that woman is so much crazy craularity Have you been sticking your dick in the crazy singularity? Because that’s how you catch the really good social diseases

My coordinates are attached They’re good for another four days Then I’round The floods are coh to get the fk out of their way

--Taken froust 3, 2041

I’ to accept this wo to believe itto things--a kinesthetic language, rather than a verbal one It wasn’t the sort of thing you could fake without years of practice If this woman is an iia She has all the little ticks and twitches down cold When she calasses on… I was ready to call her Georgia and ask ere going to do next And that’s not a good thing