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“Hey,” she said, lifting her chin in a sharp nod

“Hey Couldn’t sleep Thought I’d see what you were doing”

“Just got done sparring The lieutenant’s going to let me drill some”

“They know you just got shot a little while ago, right?”

“You think a few bullet holes gets you out of training?” she said with a ferocity that left hi me a suit”

“You been in powered armor since Io?”

“Nope So that’ll be… I don’t know Either really cool or night”

Alex chuckled, and she grinned Her sht for your bunk, or are you stopping by the mess first?”

“I could stand so to eat probably Meet you there?”

It was an off-time for the mess The alpha shift’s dinner was done, the beta shift’s lunch still an hour away Bobbie was sitting alone at a table by the far wall, her hand terroup of three lances at her back and talking ae, like he was back in lower university and one of his friends was being laughed at by another clique

He grabbed a cheese sandwich and bulb of water, then caravy she’d wolfed doere on her plate and a fa from her terminal

“— going to besay If you wanted to discuss th and detail, this is probably our best chance He’s always been squea Tom, even if he is prime minister”

“How is she?” Alex asked, nodding toward the hand ter off and frowned at the newly blank screen

“Heartsick, I think Devastated But she’ll never let it show This is what she always feared the most And now it’s happened, and she can’t even look away, because she’s the one who has to… fix it Only it can’t be fixed, can it?”

“Naw, I guess not”