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“Well that’s all right, then”

On her bed, Nao her creere alive and with her carried a lot of weight Bull filed the information away in case it was useful later

“The woman who attacked you is under arrest,” Bull said

“She’s the one The bo to keep his tone reassuring Another coughing fit spoiled the effect

Nao Bull wished he could take her other hand Build some rapport The mech was a fine way to walk around, but there were other ways it was li

“Jim?” she said

“Captain Holden has been taken into custody by the Martian navy,” Bull said “I’otiate his release into our custody, but it’s not going very well so far”

Naoood news and nodded Her eyes closed

“What ’bout Miller?”

“Who?” Bull asked, but she was already asleep Sam shifted to Alex’s bed and Bull stepped over to look down on the Rocinante’s sleeping mechanic Amos Burton They were a pretty sad bunch, and far too small a crew to run a ship like theirs safely Maybe Jakande could get so to be at a disadvantage Thecalm when there was no reason for it was all about symbols Captain Jakande wouldn’t bend, because if she did, she’d be court-ot back Bull didn’t like it, but he understood it If they’d been anywhere but the slow zone, they’d all have been rattling sabers and baring teeth Instead, all they could do was talk…

Bull’s ata’s bed, her face angry and despairing

“Sam,” Bull said “Got a minute?”

She looked up and nodded Bull flicked the little joystick, and the h the door and back to his own private rooot there, Sam’s expression had shifted to curious Bull closed the door, coughing He felt a little light-headed and his heart was racing Fear, excite vertical for the first ti, he didn’t know

“What’s up, boss?”

“The comm laser,” Bull said “Say I wanted to make it into a weapon What’s the h it?”

Sa ravityin death and fear just did that to people

“I can make it about as hot as the middle of a star for a fraction of a second,” Sam said “It’d burn that side of the ship down to a bad set, say, three shots out of it? And not h a ship’s hull if you’ve got time to spare I can probably pare that ti, will you?”

Salowy ball out there can turn off inertia when it feels threatened I don’t feel coht into a weapon Seriously, what if it decides to stop all the photons or so?”

“If we have it, on’t need to use it”

Saain

“I can’t do that for you, Bull”

“What about the captain? Would you do it for a Belter?”