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“Same shit, different day,” Amos replied and handed the pilot a carton of curried rice “Turn the sound up That looks like Ilus”
Naomi turned up the sound on the video feed, and the voice of a newscaster filled the apartround say this setback will —”
“Is that real chicken?” Alex asked, grabbing at one of the cartons “Splurgin’ a bit, are we?”
“Shush,” A about the colony”
Alex rolled his eyes, but said nothing as he piled spicy strips of chicken on his plate “— in other news, a draft report detailing the investigation into last year’s attack on the Callisto shipyards was leaked this week While the text is not finalized, the early reports suggest that a splinter faction of the Outer Planets Alliance was involved, and places blah casualty —”
Ary stab at the table’s controls “Shit, wanted to hearon with Ilus, not so themselves blown up”
“I wonder if Fred knoas behind that,” Holden said “The OPA hardliners are having trouble getting over their ‘us against the solar systey”
“What did they want there anyway?” Alex said “Callisto didn’t have any of the heavyworth a raid like that”
“Oh, noe’re expecting this shit to make sense?” Amos asked “Gimme that naan”
Holden sighed and leaned back in his chair “I know it ht weto blow anyone else up”
“This is what that looks like,” Naomi said, then stifled a burp and put her chopsticks down “Earth and Mars are in a prickly detente, the legiti The colonists on Ilus are working with the UN instead of everyone shooting each other This is as good as it gets Can’t expect everyone to be on the sae of us are always going to be assholes”
“Truer words were never spoken, boss,” Amos said
They finished eating and sat in companionable silence for several erator and handed theernail Naomi went back to her repair projections
“So,” she said after a few ood news is that even if the UN and the OPA decide that we’re responsible for our own repair bills, we’ll be able to cover theency fund”
“Lots of work flyin’ colonists out through the rings,” Alex said “When we’re flyin’ again”