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“Boss”

“I’ dealer”

The silence on the line sounded like surprise Bull waited This would tell hiht there”

Serge carunt, a broad-shouldered, griood choice Bull uns Corin checked the e flipped his froed

“What’s the plan?” he asked

“Co htforward,” Serge said, and there was a sense of approval in the word

The food processing complex was deep inside the ship, close to the e to the stars, it would have been next to the farmlands of the small internal world of the Nauvoo In the Beheical beca the context Bull drove theainst the ramps In the halls and corridors, people stopped, watched Soents traveling together stood out Bull wasn’t sure it was soood

Near the vats, the air smelled different There wereco columns Half of the place was shut down, the extra capacity er population to feed Or else waiting to be torn out

They found Alexi knee deep in one of the water treats and his hands full of thick green kelp Bull pointed to hie, and Corin stood There ht have been a flicker of unease in Alexi’s expression It was hard to say

“I can’t get out right now,” the dealer said, holding up a broad wet leaf “I’”

Bull nodded and turned to Serge

“You two stay here Don’t let hie said

The locker rooreen private storage bins had been pulled out of the wall, turned ninety degrees, and put back in to match the direction of thrust Blobs and filaes where it failed to sit quite flush Two other water processing techs were sitting on the bench in different levels of undress, talking and flirting They went silent when Bull walked in He smiled at them, nodded, and walked past to a locker on the far end When he reached it, he turned back