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“Our next stop is the bank, where we’ll be finalizing the loan to sell the ship”

“M it a sound of deep skepticism

As Holden filled out the next of the endless for froht about every third word, but the hot topic of conversation was definitely the approaching Laconian ships

“Luna,” Naomi said

“So on Luna?”

“No, I igs, ith all the work going on down on Earth”

“I’m not sure I—” Holden started

“Not you Me I could get consulting gigs I like the gravity there And you could pop down the henever you wanted to visit your parents”

“True” His parents were all pushing the centenarian ood shape, he didn’t want the orbital launches to visit him if they could avoid it

“And it’s all very far fro at her screen

“Not a bad thing,” he agreed, and handed his filled-out screen back to the puffer “But I did like the idea of living in exuberant decadence on Titan”

“When we have enough money to do that for another three decades Two hours,” Nao to Two hours until the first representatives froate in decades would arrive

“We done here?”

The puffer agreed that they were

“I could use a drink,” Holden said “Let’s go get a drink and watch the big arrival on the screens in a bar or so”