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“Not at this ti toan official request that this yacht engage its ee course to the nearest aid”

“I’ to be able to do that, et you to Ganymede safe and in one piece I’m sure any repairs we need can be done there”

Avasarala leaned close to the terminal

“I can come up there and we can have this conversation personally,” she said “Captain You know the laws as well as I do Turn on the beacon or give uest of Jules-Pierre Mao, and I respect that But Mr Mao is the owner of this vessel, and I answer to hi a mistake, shithead,” Avasarala said, and dropped the connection

Bobbie caer about her, like a running dog straining at the leash Gravity shifted a degree A course correction, but not a change

“How’d it go?” Bobbie asked

“I a this vessel in violation of laws and standards,” Avasarala said “Cotyar, you’re witness to that”

“As you say, ht, then Bobbie Get ht: Bobbie

What else do you need fro cratea large furniture dolly and grunting with effort Even in the gentle quarter g of the Guanshiyin’s thrust, Bobbie’s arhed over a hundred kilos

“We’re sure this roo to work a lot better if they have no idea what’s about to happen”

Cotyar shrugged “It has no functioning eavesdropping devices I’ve been able to detect”

“Okay, then,” Bobbie said, rapping on the fiberglass crate with her knuckle “Open it up”

Cotyar tapped so on his hand terminal and the crate’s locks opened with a sharp click Bobbie yanked the opened panel off and leaned it against the wall Inside the crate, suspended in a web of elastic bands, was her suit

Cotyar whistled “A Goliath III I can’t believe they let you keep it”

Bobbie re the various other pieces out of the webbing and setting theuys to verify some video stored in the suit When Avasarala tracked it down, it was in a closet, collecting dust No one seeht aret her any of the 2un used, but was surprised to find that they’d co Itthe suit off to a bunch of civilians, but it still annoyed her