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He took a compact semiautomatic pistol and holster out of the locker Naoazine and three spares, but she didn’t speak He had just pushed the last round into the finala large red suit behind hione truly wrong Should be plenty for the levels they’ve got in that ship Max exposure time is six hours, but the air supply only lasts two, so that’s not an issue”
Holden examined the bulky suit The surface was a thick, flexible rubbery substance It ernails or teeth, but it wouldn’t stop a knife or a bullet The air supply was contained under the suit’s radiation-resistant skin, so it , aard lu the suit to hi it told hi fast in this, will I?”
“No,” Aht If the bullets start flying, you’re fked”
Nao the e once you hit the surface She’s a pro, and this is her show But I need you to keep Prax safe, because he’s kind of an idiot The only thing I ask you to do is get that irl safely off the moon and back to this ship”
Amos looked hurt for a ets to him or that baby will already have killed me And that ain’t easy to do”
Holden pulled A “I feel sorry for anything that tries No one could ask for a better crewman, Amos Just want you to know that”
A back”
Holden shot a look at Naohed for a h to rattle his teeth “That’s bullshit,” A for Holden to reply, he headed out to the crew ladder, and then down to the deck below
Naoainst the bulkhead and drifted over to Holden Air resistance brought her to a stop half a ravity he’d ever ing her to him The expression on her face told him it wasn’t what she wanted She just floated in front of hi, then reached out and put one long, slender hand against his cheek It felt cool and soft
“Don’t go,” she said, and so in her voice told hiing his way into the hazh a alley Airl You know he does, and you knohy Prax has to be there Bobbie keeps theot the bulky suit over his shoulders and sealed up the front but left the hels came on when he hit them with his heels, and he pushed down to the deck and stuck there
“You?” he asked Naoainst a thousand zombies any day of the week But you don’t know the CIC any better than Avasarala does How does that ain,” she said “That’s not fair”
“But,” he said, “tell the Martians thattheir planet makes us even on this whole ‘you stole our warship’ issue, okay?” He kneas ht of the moment and immediately hated himself for it But Naomi knew him, kne afraid he was, and she didn’t call him on it He felt a rush of love for her that sent electricity up his spine and“But you’re co back I’ll be here on the radio the whole tiether, every step No hero bullshit Brains instead of bullets, and ork the probleive me that”
Holden finally pulled her into his arree Please, please helpthe Razorback to the crippled Agatha King was like taking a race car to the cornerwas only a few thousand kiloh for an EVA pack and a really strong push Instead, he fleas probably the fastest ship in the Jupiter systeh the debris of the recent battle He could sense the Razorback straining at the leash, responding to his tiny bursts of steaship was short enough, and the path treacherous enough, that progra by stick But even at his languid pace, the Razorback see
You don’t want to go there, the ship see That’s an awful place
“No, no, I really don’t,” he said, patting the console in front of hiet me there in one piece, okay, honey?”
A massive chunk of what es still gloith heat Holden tapped the stick and pushed the Razorback sideways to get a bit e The nose drifted off course “Fight all you want, we’re still going to the same place”
Some part of Holden was disappointed that the transit was so dangerous He’d never flown to Io before, and the view of the e of his screens was spectacular A massive volcano ofparticles so high into space he could see the trail it left in the sky The pluht Jupiter’s glow and glittered like diamonds scattered across the black Some of the systeravity well In any other circumstance, it would have been beautiful
But the hazardous flight kept his attention on his instru bulk of the Agatha King, floating alone at the center of the junk cloud