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"You won’t hear any complaints from me That’s why Michael wanted you here"

"Because I’m a hard-ass"

"Your words, noton her hips, eyes distractedly scanning the hull "So tell ht"

"Did you ever think it was all bullshit?"

He liked Lore, her directness "Never"

"Not once?"

"I wouldn’t say the thought never crossed my mind Doubt is human nature It’s e do with it that uess things"

"That’s an interesting philosophy"

A pair of ropes drifted down the flank of the Bergensfjord, then two more

"You know," Lore said, "all these years, I wondered if Michael would ever find the right woine my competition enty thousand tons of steel"

Rand appeared at the gunwale He and Weir began to hitch up the bosun’s chairs

"Do you still need o sleep" She waved up at Rand "Hang on, I’ot in his truck, and drove down the causeway The pain had gotten bad; he wouldn’t be able to hide itstabbed by a sword of ice; other ti around inside hied to take a piss, it looked like an arterial bleed There was always a bad taste in his mouth, sour and ureic He’d told himself a lot of stories over the last fewhe could see

Near the end of the causeway the road narrowed, hemmed in on either side by the sea A dozen men armed with rifles were stationed at this bottleneck As Greer drew alongside, Patch stepped fro on out there?" Greer asked

Thein his teeth "Looks like the Arhts to the west just after sundown, but nothing since"

"You want ed "I think we’re okay for tonight They’re just sniffing us out at this point" He focused on Greer’s face "You okay? You don’t look too good"

"Just need to get off my feet"

"Well, the cab of the tanker is yours if you want it Catch a feinks Like I said, there’s nothing going on out here"