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"Yes, e" Pliny squints "If it is indeed they who perpetrate the acts"

"What other ant bites us?"

"None, that we know of But there are spiders, ticks, rats in the worlds The bos are crude for Ares, indiscriuous froanda in his profile Ares is not capricious, so I struggle believing these acts originate froest?"

"Perhaps there is another terrorist group, hteen billion souls on the census, I hardly think one man has a monopoly on terroris a database I can share…"

Pliny is right The terror attacks that have plagued Mars and other planets e These attacks are petty and gruesohColor coffee shops and restaurants Ares would never condone the the Golds to act, to crush the Sons

I’ve sentJust silence Could he be dead? Or has Ares abandoned ?

Pliny yawns "Perhaps Ares has changed his tactics He’s a deuced one"

"If Ares is a ustus swivels abruptly "What makes you think Ares isn’t a man?"

"Why do we assuroup of individuals for all we knohich would go a long way toward explaining the discordant nature of these new attacks" Leto turns to me, eyes inclusive "Darrohat do you think?"

"Don’t befuddle Darroith complex questions!" Pliny crows defensively "Make it a yes or no so he can understand" Pliny flashesof smiles and squeezes my shoulder in sympathy "Behind his lepid smiles, he’s an honest, simple beast You should know that"

I stand there and take it

He turns away "In any ned Red culture to be highly patriarchal Their identity as a people centers around the collection of resources to propagate the e tasks performed by men Tasks we don’t let their women perform, even if they are capable, pursuant to the Stratification Protocol So, you see, it can’t be a wohneck Ruster would follow a man or a woman who has never ridden a clawDrill"

Leto sustus both laugh "Maybe he’s a deranged Violet who’s taken his acting to a new stage," Pliny offers