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His footstepsthe forest floor I can al sharp and different behind the assault of green sry," he adds, "then I suggest we get e?"

"Obviously it was in the advanced stages of terrafor for rescue teams to arrive"

"What made you so sure they’d come?"

"Why spend the resources to terrafor to profit from the colonies? We were sure the settlers would have seen the Icarus crash, and soate"

"Your key concerns at that stage?"

"Well, Miss LaRoux had a party she didn’t want to miss, and I--"

"Major, you don’t seem to understand the seriousness of your situation"

"Sure I do What the hell do you think our key concerns were?"

NINE

TARVER

THE SUN’S SLANTING THROUGH the trees by the ti, covered in bruises froainst ’s onI could find use for in the pod’s lockers--ration bars, the blanket, a pathetically inadequate first-aid kit, a length of spare cable, and a est Miss LaRoux substitute for her totally impractical dress My silver photo case, my battered notebook full of half-written poems The canteen, with the built-in water filter we’ll need so badly now For better or worse, we’re walking, following a creek through the forest