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“Fuck no,” Bull said “I think it is entirely possible to go so far into the red you can’t ever balance the books”

“Sounds like the voice of experience How far have you been?”

“Far enough to know there’s a too dae of where that line is?”

Bull pulled on the fraht in the straps that held hier use Anna felt bad for hi to keep his tiny world in order, and burning through the last reserves of his strength with reckless abandon The bruised eyes and yellow skin suddenly see that the poas al to his burden

“I don’t want to kill that girl,” he said, taking another sip of the terrible coffee “In fact, I don’t give a shit about her one way or the other, as long as she’s locked up and isn’t a danger to my ship The one you should talk to is Holden He’s the one who’s gonna get the torches-and-pitchforks croound up”

“But the Martians…”

“Surrendered twenty hours ago”

Anna blinked

“They’ve been wanting to for days,” Bull said “We just had to find a way to let ’eot a story they can tell where they don’t look weak That’s all they needed But if we didn’t find so, they’d have stuck to their posts until they all died Nothing ever killedafraid to look like a sissy”

“Holden’s co here, then?”

“Already be on a shuttle escorted by four reconheadache for irl until I have reason to What Holden does, though, he just does”

“Fine, then I’ll talk to him when he arrives,” Anna said

“Good luck with that,” Bull said