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“But it’s yours,” Prax said, turning to Holden with so like hope “You set up the account”
“I took the Rocinante’s fees already Trust esture of refusal “What’s still in there’s all yours Well, yours and Mei’s”
Avasarala scowled That changed her personal calculus a little She’d thought this would be the right tiain ridden in at the last ratulations,” Avasarala said “Has either of you seen Bobbie? I need to talk to her”
“Last I saw, she was heading for theherself along If Praxidike Meng was independently wealthy, thatGanymede for purely financial reasons She could probably work the civic pride angle He and his daughter were the face of the tragedy there, and having hi the shoould ures of how screwed they’d all be without the food supplies back online He ht be the kind of man who’d be swayed by that She needed to think about it
Once again, she was h that she heard the voices before she reached theShe couldn’t believe that she alking in on an intiht sound to it Then Mei shrieked with delight, and Avasarala understood
The machine shop was the last place in the ship, with the possible exception of engineering, that Avasarala would have thought about playing with a little girl, but there she was, arth black hair flowed around her in a whirl, following the gentle end-over-end spin of her body Her face was bright with pleasure Bobbie and Amos stood at opposite ends of the shop As Avasarala watched, Bobbie caught the little girl out of the air and launched her back toward A her milk teeth She wondered how much of all this Mei would remember when she was an adult
“Are you people crazy?” Avasarala said as Around”
“Hey there,” A The captain and the doc needed a ured I’d haul the kiddo down here Give her the tour”
“When they send you to play catch with a child, they don’t mean that she’s the f—that she’s the ball,” Avasarala said,across to him “Give that child to me None of you people has any idea how to take care of a little girl It’s a about that,” A out the kid
“Come to your nana,” Avasarala said
“What’s a nana?” Mei asked
“I’ the child to her Her body wanted to put the girl against her hip, to feel the weight bearing down on her Ina child felt odd Good, but odd Mei set so around in here”
“Soon as Alex and Naomi finish maintenance on the drive computers, we’re out of here,” Amos said
“Where’s ot a schedule to keep, and I’ lessons Your daddy’s talking to the captain, Mei-Mei”
“Where?” the girl deet you back to hi out a ood for about five minutes, then it’s ‘Where’s Daddy?’”
“Good,” Avasarala said “They deserve each other”