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“Mister Baca,” she said in return “I got your last e the transfer of the prisoner and your re crew?”
She didn’t s area you’ve provided for ourany further personnel to your vessel or re the prisoner to your custody”
“You don’t have a sufficient complement left on your ship to run it Not even as a skeleton crew Between the injured and the ot two-thirds of your people here right now”
“And I thank you for that”
“My point is you have a third or less of your crew left standing You’re pulling double,noise about transferring Holden to the Un” He hadn’t mentioned Clarissa Mao’s confession That was a card he could play another time He lifted his hand “All of us have watched so we don’t understand All of us are grieving and scared If we don’t all coret”
“The Martian ation here I’ll share all the infor”
So so hard he couldn’t speak or listen Phleg hi to this sitting-up thing
“The Martian military code prohibits the surrender of prisoners except in cases of trades authorized by the govern authorized”
“You could surrender to hed that time The façade of et a full shift’s sleep But that tin can you’re in couldn’t take us, even if we could fight”
“Which we can’t, so we’re pretty ry letters at twenty paces I appreciate the call,” he said “I’ll let the captain know it’s no-go But hey, leonna do when Earth sends a couple dozen ht with cutting torches and knives,” she said “This is the Ha off”
Bull watched the dull standby screen for half a minute before he put it down He’d have to tell Pa, but he wasn’t looking forward to that She had enough on her plate coordinating all the things he couldn’t because he was trapped in the medical ward
No matter what Holden’s criminal status with Earth and Mars was, no s he was accused of, it didn’t matter It was a pretext He was the only person not covered by military treaty who could be debriefed about whatever was on the alien station Earth wanted hiive hi other people wanted
And sooner or later soht Holden was responsible for drawing thee for a lover or friend who’d died Bull scratched at his neck, the stubble rough against his fingertips His body, e