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It shouldn’t have bothered her One more death, more or less It shouldn’t have mattered But it was Ren

“In position,” Stanni said

“Giveout of the lift The new corridor was nearly identical to the one above it These decks were all quarters and storage, with very little of the variation that she’d see when they reached the lowest levels—engineering,down the electrical anoer it took, the harder it would get Like everything

She found the junction, took the diagnostic array out of its sleeve, and plugged it in

“Sole?”

“In place,” Soledad said

“Okay,” Melba said “Start the trace”

When it had happened, she’d gotten Ren to her quarters and laid hi on, so she’d lain down on her bunk and let it coination thathorrified ht that she’d voided herself, but her uniforotten a bulb of coffee, put Ren’s hand terroup head, and found the security officer He was a thin Martian named Andre Commenhi, and he’d listened to her informal report with half an ear Ren had called her and asked her to consult with hione to see hih the ship, but she hadn’t found hi connection requests She was starting to get concerned

While they’d done a sweep of the ship, she’d gotten the tubes of sealant foaone back to her quarters, and entoe like soht where the blood had drained away froor hadn’t set in, so she was able to fold hiether, curled like a fetus, and fill the spaces around hiineered to be airtight and pressure-resistant If she’d done it right, the corpse s resigned “You guys got anything?”

“Hey!” Stanni said “Think I do I’ve got a ten percent fluctuation on this box”

“Okay,” Melba said “Let’s reset it and see if that clears the issue”

“On it,” Stanni said “Grab soalley,” Melba said Her voice seemed almost normal She sounded like someone else