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“Why aren’t you at your post?” Wendell snapped when he saw her

“Guthrie called for backup Said he was gut-shot and about to pass out I brought him some adrenaline and speed”

“Good call,” Wendell said

“Uchi and Caudel?”

“Didn’t make it,” Wendell said

The wo pass over her Everyone here was losing so dozens Hundreds Thousands By the time the cascade had run all the way out,anything He leaned against the nitrogen bath, his head in his hands He’d been so close So close …

“We have to find that ship,” he said

“We have to drop back ten and punt,” Holden said “We caot a covert scientific station halfway to being packed up and shipped out And a secret landing pad And whatever third player was fighting with these people while ere”

“Third player?” Paula asked

Wendell gestured to the carnage

“Not us,” he said

“We don’t knoe’re looking at,” Holden said “And until we do, we need to back off”

“We can’t stop,” Prax said “I can’t stop Mei is—”

“Probably dead,” Wendell said “The girl’s probably dead And if she’s not, she’s alive someplace besides Ganymede”

“I’m sorry,” Holden said

“The dead boy,” Prax said “Katoa His father took the family off Ganymede as soon as he could Got them someplace safe Someplace else”

“Wise move,” Holden said

Prax looked to Ah the wreckage, pointedly not taking either side