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“We don’t know that,” Anna said

“This station has already claimed hundreds of lives,decisions without knohat the consequences are We chased Holden’s ship through the Ring, we sent soldiers to the station to hunt hiry when it hurts us”

“It didn’t hurt us It killed us A lot of us”

“We’re like children,” Anna said, pushing herself to her feet and lecturing down at him “Who burn their hands on a hot stove and then think the solution is to blow up all the stoves”

“Eros,” Cortez started

“We did that! And Gany without thinking and you think the solution is to do it one more time You have allied yourself with stupid, violentstupid and violent ork That ht you now”

Cortez stood up and called to the people waiting outside A Belter with protective chest armor and a rifle came into the tent

“Will you shootas much contempt into the words as she could

Cortez turned his back on her and left with the guns suddenly too shaky to support her She doubled over, rocking back and forth and taking long shuddering breaths to calm herself Somehow, she didn’t black out

“Did he hurt you?” Tilly said froentle hand on the back of her neck as she rocked

“No,” Anna said It wasn’t technically a lie

“Oh, Annie They have Claire They wouldn’t let e or—”

Before she knew she was going to do it, Anna had ju to the elevator that ran up the side of the druineering They’d be going to the bridge Men like Cortez and Ashford, e She ran toward the elevator as fast as her legs would carry her She hadn’t actually run in years Living in a small station tunneled into the ice of Europa, it just hadn’t conoring the nausea and the stitch in her ribs