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“That changes,” Amos said, “you let me know”

“Will,” she said Bobbie wasn’t sure she liked the sound of that There weren’t many actions Amos could take that wouldtheir heads down and enduring wasn’t enough to get Clarissa to her ot bad fast

“Anyone else think it’s cold in here?” Alex said

“It is,” Clarissa said “I think the pressure’s a little low too The environmental systems are all off”

“That doesn’t sound like a good thing,” Alex said

“Belters,” Bobbie said “We trained for this”

“You trained for low air pressure?” A frustrated

“We trained for occupying Belter stations One of the base tactics that Belters used was throwing environ it up our priority queue So to make it harder for these folks”

“Huh,” Amos said “That’s pretty ballsy”

“It only works if the occupying force isn’t willing to just kill everyone and start over So yeah There’s an ele chicken”

The group in front theray-black jureen on the back The one floating nearest the Bobbie’s eye almost shyly She nodded, and the man nodded back, hesitated, tilted his head a centimeter forward

“Perdó,” he said, nodding toward Clarissa “La hija la? She’s sick?”

Bobbie felt herself tense It wasn’t a threat It wasn’t an insult It was just so the as tense as Amos She took a little breath and nodded

The man tapped his compatriot ahead of him on the rope They spoke for a moment in Belter cant so thick and fast, Bobbie couldn’t follow it, then they all released the rope and gestured Bobbie forward Giving up their place in line so that Clarissa could get to the Roci a few esture It shouldn’t have hit her as hard as it did

“Thank you,” Bobbie said, and ushered the others forward “Thank you very much”