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Alex had already seen the in the course corrections “Optiive them that”
“Maybe they think you’ll get sleepy”
The overloading of the pinnace ard and strange Moving from the pilot’s seat to the headpast Bobbie’s power ar Smith to the empty space where her couch had been while she used the tiny cabin to break down her arested that they sleep by hot-bunking in the cabin
Shtful Inoffensive was a word that ca Martian politics sometime around the slow zone, so he didn’t come in with any preconceptions about the man or his policies When they did talk, it was usually about ss – the popular culture of Mars when they were both growing up, S into keeping him alive, some questions about what Ilus had been like Alex had the sense that S, a little starstruck by hiht about it
Still, when Smith popped his head out of the cabin to tell Bobbie that there was a e specifically for her frouely uneasy interrupting his boss Alex felt a weird iht, but wasn’t sure how to say it without being even more aard
Bobbie thanked him, and for a while she was silent Alex kept his eyes on the ene UN escort ships that were still hidden by the sun’s corona
“Alex?” Bobbie sounded frustrated
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“I can’tfeed talk to my suit Can you put this up on a screen for me? I’d do it myself, but —”
He switched over to the comm systee to it Chrisjen Avasarala appeared She looked older than Alex rerayness to her skin that didn’t belong there Her sari only h, her voice was just as sure as ever
“Bobbie, I need any data you have about theto tell , and of course I trust and believe all that you say, blah blah fucking blah But I need it Now I’ve got confir hard for the Ring Everything froes It’s like a little fucking fleet all its own S fro on and doesn’t want to tell me to Mars is in the middle of a coup and he doesn’t want to tell ht as a rat’s asshole”
“Sorry about this,” Bobbie said over her shoulder
“It’s nothing she hasn’t said to my face,” Smith replied
“You want me to stop the playback?” Alex asked, but Avasarala was already talking again