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Clarissa h She turned toward him Her skin was pale, sheened with sweat, but her s and unforced “Hey,” she said “What did I miss? Did we hear about Holden? What’s news?”

“No, it wasn’t that I was just getting a little pep talk,” Alex said “How’re you doing?”

Clarissa’s eyes drifted closed and then open again, like a blinking in slowthe drea to get ”

“I think he’s still out doing that He’ll be back, though Don’t worry”

“I never do,” Clarissa said, and shuddered like she was cold The room wasn’t cold “You think they could fix me?”

“Who?”

“The Laconians,” Clarissa said “I keep thinking about how their tech is all levels and levels above ours And I wonder if et these fucking ie”

“I don’t know Maybe”

“Kind of ironic that I’ to fuck thele, low sound If she’d strung a few like it together, it would have been chuckling

“I guess it is,” he said And then a o to one of their clinics? I round business, but if you want to, we can work so out”

Her smile was love and pity “You really think that’s true? That we could work so out?”

“Hell yes,” Alex said

“Well, I’ll keep that option in ood man, Alex Kamal”

“You’re not too bad yourself,” he said