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"I don’t know," he says "I don’t believe he’s on the ship My sister make it to you safely?"
"She found us"
"Good," he says, turning quickly to acknowledge Lorn "A pleasure, Arcos My father forbade ed Tales of Old Stoneside kept ht"
"As did your performance at the Institute," Lorn replies with a s your can"
The Jackal chuckles "Seems yourthe trap as we hoped And Aja escaped"
"Then let’s go fix this probleet on with our war"
Roque looks back and forth between us, perhaps noting the fa I never told hialley during lunch hours Hundreds of Orange deckhands and electricians le with the Red factory workers and Brown janitors The buzz of conversation and the clatter of plastic trays on alley Dead silence except an overexcited Brown janitor who screas His conar walks to the center of the roo for the lowColors to get up Pulling it free of itsacross theon the attached benches They stay e and terrified and utterly confused at the sight of nar, carrying between father and son a circular metal device one meter thick, two ineering bay Their are under its weight Mustang guides the at her datapad "Here," she says They drop it where she points The Grays follow, carrying a huge battery unit, which they set on top of a nearby table
"Howlers, make some noise," I say intoher pudgy little hands She takes a cable from the battery unit and attaches it to the disc
There’s a crackle as the ship’s speakers activate "Pliny," a voice calls sweetly I look around for Sevro and see hi and I snap
He holds up a finger for us to wait
"He’s on the com," one of the Greens jabbers out sincerely "Just a sec"
"Dear Pliny," Sevro sings over the co’s a little wet,
it’s ’cause the Reaper’s cos this three tinar throws a table into the console Sparks shower out Sevro looks up slowly at the table hanging over his head It orypissandshit is your dah" Ragnarsound
"You found hi mutters as we share a look
"Which one?" I ask as Sevro curses the Stained out in every coood nar says in reply
"He can’t insult hast He looks at me "Control him"