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He had to get help His gaze drifted to the list of children’s naet help, but first he’d check, just check He’d go to … go to …

He closed his eyes, frowned He knew the answer He knew that he knew The security station He’d go there and ask about each of the security station down under the list, capturing the thought Then UN outreach station Mars outreach All the places he’d been before, day after day, only noith new questions It would be easy And then, when he knew, there was soure out what it was, and then he wrote it at the bottoone,” Prax said, his breath ghosting white in the cold “They’re all his patients, and they’re all gone Sixteen out of sixteen Do you know the probability of that? It’s not randory ice burn reddened his cheek and neck, the wound fresh and untreated His face must have touched an uninsulated piece of Ganymede He was lucky to still have skin He wore a thick coat and gloves There was frost on the desk

“I appreciate the inforets out to the relief stations —”

“No, you don’t understand, he took the to keep the, limp and weary There was a problem with that Prax knew there was a problem with that, but he couldn’t reentlyhim aside, and nodded to the wo at her like he was drunk

“I want to report a

The security man nodded, neither surprise nor disbelief in his eyes Prax remembered

“He took them first,” he said “He took them before the attack happened”

“Three men broke into my apartment,” the woman said “They … My brother ith me and he tried to stop them”

“When did this happen, o,” the woman said “Fourth level Blue sector Apart to take you over to a desk here I need you to fill out a report”

“My brother’s dead They shot him”

“And I’m very sorry about that, ma’am I need you to fill out a report so we can catch the men who did this”