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Prax shook Alex’s hand “Thank you for helping me find Mei”

Alex frowned a question at Holden, but a quick shake of the head kept hi it “Nice to et us warmed up for liftoff, but don’t take off until I’er,” Alex said, and headed toward the bow of the ship

“Everything’s sideways,” Prax said, looking around at the storage room just past the inner airlock door

“The Roci doesn’t spendhis hand and leading him to the crew ladder, which now appeared to run across the floor “We’re standing on a bulkhead, and that wall to our right is norrav and don’t spend much time on ships, apparently,” Aonna suck for you”

“Naoet belted in Aineering and get the Roci ready for a rough ride”

Before they could leave, Holden put a hand on Prax’s shoulder

“This takeoff and flight is going to be fast and buht, it will probably be very unco what he probably thought was a brave face

“I know you’re tough You couldn’t have survived the last couple weeks otherwise You don’t have anything to prove at this point Amos will take you to the crew deck Find a room without a name on the door That will be your rooht green button on the panel to your left The couch will pus that will sedate you and keep you fro a blood vessel if we have to burn hard”

“My rooet you some clothes and sundries once we’re out of this shit You can keep them there”

“My room,” Prax repeated

“Yeah,” Holden said “Your roo down a lump in his throat, and he realized what the simple offer of coh what the small botanist had over the last month

There were tears in the et you settled in,” A Prax aft toward the crew deck

Holden headed the other way, past the ops deck, where Naomi was already strapped down into a chair at one of the workstations, then forward into the cockpit He climbed into the copilot’s seat and belted in

“Five minutes,” he said over the shipwide channel

“So,” Alex said, dragging the word out to two syllables while he flicked switches to finish the preflight check, “we’re lookin’ for sohter”