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The exciteht and dancing He’d forgotten what a good break felt like after all the dread It was astounding to think how close he’d co the waldoes abandoned in the air duct, and calling it iet theround off Medina before the Typhoon appeared, his balking would have pissed their best chances away
Holden’s gambit had worked He’d thrown himself to the wolves so that they’d have this,
and it was everything they’d hoped for Everything but having him back, and maybe that too
“Is there anything in there about where the prisoners are held?” he asked
“There is,” Nao on the words in a way thatshe’d looked for All the rest of it was iet hih for Alex He could hear the details later, so long as there were details to hear
“Probleood, yeah? Maybe is designed to look like so it’s not”
“You think it’s fake?” Naomi asked
Saba ue and teeth “No But can’teverybody’s ass, yeah? Hoping more than not If it is what it is, it won’t stay secret for long Too proud a victory, yeah? Soets a little drunk, then everyone knows”
“You don’t trust your people’s discipline?” Bobbie asked
Saba pointed at the closed door “My people are the crew on the Malaclypse These others weren’tDrummer’s And she’s had five or six layers of bureaucrats between It’s not I don’t trust, it’s that I don’t trust blind People are people Fucked up like we all are, it amazes me e can even make a sandwich”
“A man of infinite cynicism,” Naomi said, but Alex could hear the cal there, it soothed her more than he’d been able to And then, “Bobbie, when you were active Martian Marine Corps, did your Goliath suits have a command override?”
“A what?” Bobbie said
“Co officer shut the suit down?”
“Sure, we called it a radio CO said stand down, and we did What are you seeing?”
Naoht there, Alex—could see better Back when he’d been in the service, there had always been a clear chain of command, and procedures in place for when so someone off for a little summary roadside attitude adjustment followed by a court-martial Maybe it was different in the Marines, but he was pretty sure he hadn’t seen anything like as outlined on the screen