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“Amos will ht,” Bull said “Tell thery he’s the meanest, scariest person I’ve ever met, and he’d walk across a sea of corpses he personally created to help a friend And one of his good friends just gotto take this office”
“I heard about that,” Anna said “I’alaxy I’d want to be are the ones that are going to try and break in here to stop you Aer or violence for hi he’s about to process the shit out of it on so people won’tthe words the second they left hertheir lives to protect her They didn’t need herat them
“Actually,” Holden said with a half sht for hiht about most anyone else”
Anna looked across the roo quietly by the front door to the broadcast office, soe rifle laid across his knees He was a large man, tall and thick across the shoulders and chest But with his round shaved head and broad face, he didn’t look like a killer to Anna He looked like a friendly repair or swap out the air recycling filters According to Holden, he would kill without re to explain their current situation to Nono I’ve fallen in with killers, you see, but it’s okay because they are the right killers The good guy killers They don’t shoot innocent chief engineers They shoot the people who do
Monica was asking Holden soot up and left with an apology to everyone and no one She dodged through the crowded office, s people on the arentle reassurance to everyone around her It was all she had to offer them
She pulled an unused chair over next to A her a tiny nod
“I’m sorry” She put her hand on his arure out what it was
“Okay,” he said, not asking the obvious question Not pretending not to understand Anna found herself liking hi this”
Amos shifted in his chair to face her “You don’t need to—”
“In a few hours, we ht all be dead,” she said “I want you to know that I knohat you’re doing, and I knohy, and I don’t care about any of that Thank you for helping us”
“God da his hand on hers “Youme feel the best and worst I’ve felt in a while at the same time”
“That’s all I wanted to say,” Anna said, then patted his hand once and stood up