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This is like a bad horror ht The heroine who sees the ined the second act, in which she was court-ot her redeain and killed everyone who didn’t believe —
“Wait!” she said “What decompression did you use? My suit is an older model It uses the version 51 video coain”
Thorsson stared at her for a few moments, then pulled out his hand tereant Draper’s coear with it”
He put the ter seant, I admit that I am extremely curious about what you want me to see If this is still a ruse of soht yourself a few more moments”
Bobbie didn’t reply, but her reaction to Thorsson’s attitude had finally shifted frory to annoyed She pushed herself up in the narrow hospital bed and turned sideways, sitting on the edge and tossing the blanket to the side With her size, her physical presence up close usually either frightened men or turned them on Either way it made them uncomfortable She leaned toward Thorsson a bit and was rewarded when he pushed his chair back an equal austed expression that he immediately knehat she’d done, and he looked away from her smile
The door to the room opened and a pair of Navy techs wheeled in her suit on a rack It was intact They hadn’t wrecked it taking her out She felt a lump cooing to show even a moment’s weakness in front of this Thorsson clown
The clown pointed at the senior of the two techs and said, “You What’s your na tech snapped off a salute and said, “Petty Officer Electrician’s Mate Singh, sir”
“Mr Singh, Sergeant Draper here is clai that her suit has a different video compression than the new suits, and that’s why you were unable to read her video data Is this correct?”
Singh slapped himself on the forehead with his palm
“Shit Yeah,” he said “I didn’t think— This is the old Mark III Goliath suit When they startedthe Mark IV, they coe system Wow, I feel pretty stupid—”
“Yes,” interrupted Thorsson “Do whatever you need to do to display the video stored on that suit The sooner you do, the less time I will have to dwell on the delays caused by incoh, to his credit, did not reply He i Bobbie exas but appeared otherwise undao put it on and then tell Thorsson where he could stick his attitude
A new set of shakesfluttered in her neck like the heartbeat of a small animal She reached up and touched it It was her pulse She started to say so his assistant
“Got it, sir,” Singh said, then began the playback
Bobbie tried to watch, but the picture kept getting fuzzy She reached for Thorsson’s aret his attention, but ain, she thought, and there was a brief moment of free fall before the blackness