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“Oh, right,” Prax said, trying desperately to reht have left

“I just want to say I think both of you are just so, so brave,” the woht be drunk

“Son of a fking whore,” Avasarala said, loud enough to cut through the background buzz of conversations

The crowd turned to her She was looking at her hand terminal

“What’s a whore, Daddy?”

“It’s a kind of frost, honey,” Prax said “What’s going on?”

“Holden’s old boss beat us to the punch,” Avasarala said “I guess we knohat happened to all those fking missiles he stole”

Arjun touched his wife’s shoulder and pointed at Prax She actually looked abashed

“Sorry for the language,” she said “I forgot about her”

Holden appeared at Prax’s shoulder

“My boss?”

“Fred Johnson just put on a display,” Avasarala said “Nguyen’sfor them to come closer to Mars before we took theot thehter than a fly’s … Well, they crossed into the Belt, and he nuked theh,” Prax said “Iit,” Avasarala said “He’s flexing ot an offensive arsenal now”

Aat the same time as a woman just behind her, and in a roup Prax pulled away The drunk wo rapidly, Prax and Mei forgotten He found a waiter at the edge of the room, extracted a promise of tofu, and went back to his seat A at who could blow their nose the hardest, and Prax turned to Bobbie

“Are you going to go back to Mars, then?” he asked It seemed like a polite, innocuous question until Bobbie pressed her lips tight and nodded

“I aoing to try to get there in ti the old lady’s position?”

“Well, I think so,” Prax said, a little surprised that Bobbie had heard about Avasarala’s offer It hadn’t been es of Ganynetosphere, the ice If even soed, it would still be better than starting again fro you have to understand about Ganymede …”