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“Where?” Holden started

“This planet was in the catalog Most Earth-like one I could find Thought it’d be cal in the tied since the last time Holden had spoken to him He sounded serene, whole Vast “Kid, I’m not even here But we needed a place to talk, and this see power to spare now”

Holden stood up, embarrassed to be naked even in a si it But if this was a siht up other issues

“A hirabbedin ht? A?”

Miller looked chagrined

“Maybe”

“Maybe?”

“Maybe Look Don’t worry about it This won’t take long”

Holden walked over to stand next to hiave hiht electric blue

“We did it, though? We got under the power threshold?”

“Did And I talked the station into thinking you were essentially dirt and rocks”

“Does that mean we saved the Earth?”

“Well,” Miller replied with a s of the hands “We also saved the Earth Never was the big plan, but it’s a nice bonus”