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“Seven in here,” Holden said, pointing at the open torpedo rack “And seven on the other side”

“Roger,” said Graves The long, narrohite shape of a plasma torpedo appeared in the Ride’s open hatch, with sailors wearing EVA packs flanking it With gentle puffs of couidelines to the Roci; then, with the help of Bobbie’s suit-augth, they maneuvered it into position at the top of the rack

“First one in position,” Bobbie said

“Got it,” Naomi replied, and a second later theit down into the lanced at the elapsed ti all fourteen torpedoes transferred and loaded would take hours

“A that last patch down by the ?”

“When you’re done with that, grab a couple EVA packs You and I will go get the other supplies Should be three crates of PDC rounds and soo door for me, wouldja?”

Holden watched Bobbie and the Ride’s sailors work, and they had two more torpedoes loaded by the time Amos arrived with two EVA packs

“Lieutenant Graves, two crew fro permission to board and pick up the rest of the supplies”

“Granted, Rocinante”

The PDC rounds caravity would have weighed ravity of the coasting ships, two people with EVA packs could e their coe mech or a small work shuttle available, there wasn’t any other choice

Each crate had to be pushed slowly toward the aft of the Rocinante through a twenty-second-long “burn” froot to the aft of the ship next to the cargo bay door, Holden would do an equally long thrust fro the crate to a stop Then the two of them would maneuver it inside and lock it to a bulkhead The process was long, and at least for Holden, each trip had one heart-racingthe brakes to stop the crate Every ti and hi off into space while Arab a fresh EVA pack and coet him, or the ship could drop back, or the Ride could send a rescue shuttle, or any other of a huge number of ways he’d be quickly saved

But huh for the primitive part of the brain not to say, I’ll fall I’ll fall forever

The people fro over torpedoes about the time Holden and Ao bay

“Naoreen?”