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“That hen I orried about your spinal cord Now I’h trouble clearing secretions, I’m about ready to call it oing to do youhis shoulder for eritted his teeth

“I can’t sit up,” he said “I don’t have abdo”

“You have an adjustable bed,” the doctor said, unfazed “Adjust it Stay upright asto screw up my spine even worse?”

“We can brace you,” she said “Anyway, you can live without functioning legs You can’t live without functioning lungs”

Theup the dru away as eneration ship into a weapon of war as they could The ency showers had all been turned ninety degrees in the refit, prepared to use under thrust or not at all What had been designed back in what seemed like ancient tiain The whole thing was a hesitation A stutter-step in industrial steel and cerarew back wrong

“I’ll do what I can,” Bull said, his teeth clenched against another cough “If I’ve got to sit up, can I at least get so pretty tired of being in the saonna stop me?”

“I a in the air between the the to keep people alive And they weren’t going to make each other happy

“I’ll do what I can, doc,” Bull said “How’s it going out there?”

“People are dying It’s slowing down, though At this point, alht now it’s pretty much the same for everyone Wound care and support Keep an eye out for people who had some sort of internal injury we didn’t see at the tiht exercise, and prayer”

“All right,” he said as his hand terminal chimed Another connection request Froate where Captain Ji on your end?” Doctor Sterling said Her lips were pressed thin She knew the answer Bull used the controls on his bed, shifting hi a seated position He could feel a difference in his breath, but if anything it

“Let you know in a minute,” he said and accepted the connection Captain Jakande appeared on the screen

“Captain,” Bull said,