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This question was so nonsensical that Bobbie’s ure out what it really , and why?”

Of course he couldn’t be asking why her people had started the fight Didn’t he know about the monster?

“Don’t you know about the monster?”

Captain Thorsson didn’t move, but the corners of his mouth dropped into a frown, and his forehead bunched up over his nose

“Monster,” he said, none of the warone fro attacked the UN outpost The UN troops were running to us to escape it We didn’t fire on them This … this whatever it was killed the to s at the lemony taste in her mouth “I mean, everyone but me”

Thorsson frowned for a ital recorder He turned it off, then set it on a tray next to Bobbie’s bed

“Sergeant, I’ive you a second chance Up to now, your record has been exemplary You are a fine marine One of our best Would you like to start over?”

He picked up the recorder and placed a finger on the delete button while giving her a knowing look

“You think I’ in her lie to reach out and snap the s bastard’s arun ca UN soldiers and then attacking us Sir”

Thorsson shook his hatchet-shaped head at her, narrowing his eyes until they almost disappeared

“We have no transht, and no uploaded data—”

“They were jaot close to the h she had not spoken “And all of the local hardas lost when an orbital mirror array fell onto the dome You were outside of the impact area, but the shock wave threw you nearly another quarter of a kilometer It took us some time to find you”

All of the local hardas lost Such a sterile way of putting it Everyone in Bobbie’s platoon blown into shrapnel and vapor when a couple thousand tons ofa low, chi alert, but no one else paid it any attention, so she didn’t either

“My suit, sir I shot at it too My video will still be there”

“Yes,” Thorsson said “We’ve exa but static”