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“I really need to get there,” Prax said He didn’t say, EveryMei That she could be dying or getting shipped offworld He tried to keep his words fro like a whine or a de ready’s the shitty part,” Aht out into it right the fk now Get it over with”

“Well, yes,” Prax said

“I get that,” Ah it Going in without your gear ready, you one for how long now?”

“Since the fighting Since theht?”

“But—”

“Yeah,” Ah part Not as bad as waiting for us to get back, though That’s gonna suck even worse”

A black spring back over the spindle of brightPrax’s eyes

“I’ for you,” Prax said

“Yeah, I know,” Amos said “And I’ll ood guy, but he can get kind of distracted sometimes I’ll keep him on point No trouble”

“No,” Prax said, “I don’t o to that door I o there with you”

Aun, twisting it gently with his fingertips Prax didn’t knohen he’d risen to his feet

“How hts have you been in?” Aentle “Because I’ve been in … shit This’ll be eleven for ot up again as a different fight Point is, if you want your little girl safe, you don’t want her in a tunnel with a guy firing a gun who doesn’t knohat he’s doing”

As if in punctuation, Aether The s were treun

“This ready to fire?” Aht now, point it at a bad guy, pull the trigger, does it go bang? You just watched erous or safe?”

Prax opened his rew a notch worse Aun down

“Safe,” Prax said