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The governor of Freehold was nowhere to be seen

“Well,” Amos said “That’s new”

Chapter Seven: Bobbie

There was a certain luxury to the thrust gravity of steady acceleration Hooking your nethers to a vacuunities space travel occasionally forced you into On the float, with nothing to pull your waste away, it was that or have pee globes sharing your living space Being able to just sit on a toilet in the crew head and relax for ato appreciate The fact that it felt like a luxury was also probably not very dignified, if you looked at it too closely

Bobbie was just reaching behind her for the cleaning-pad dispenser ravity went off with no warning Theoff the toilet seat and into the air, pants still around her knees Thankfully, the Roci immediately fired up the vacuu waste

While she tu at her waistband, she yelled, “Roci, get e!”

“Yo,” Alex replied almost immediately “Where are you—”

“Not even a fucking warning light? I’ to pull my pants up on the float!”

“Wasn’t my plan,” Alex said “Looks like … Ah Hold on”

The systeh a different channel Alex? Everything all right?

“I was about to ask you,” Alex said “We have a change of plan? Naomi? Um, Bobbie? I think we may have a situation”

All it took was the tone of Alex’s voice Bobbie planted one foot against a bulkhead, hooked a handhold with the other, and yanked up her pants

“Copy that,” she said, the flat, e over “On the move”

She found Holden and A when she arrived They were exa a wall screen that someone had pried out of the wall The prisoner wasn’t there

“How long has he been out?” Bobbie asked as she came to a stop with one hand on the doorframe