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“I hope this place serves ood arita”

“Trust arita, Martian,” As only Earth does well”

Bobbie caught Nao the route A a little in the fractional gravity, like soave them a few seconds, and then started after them There was a story behind those bruises, and she had the impression she’d never knohat it was

James Holden had shipped with five others on his crew, but they weren’t five They were a couple up ahead, and a different group of three behind As ways to avoid pattern recognition, it was thin But it was so

The restaurant was a wide, white ceramic bar open to the corridor Billows of steam came fron didn’t fit into the aesthetic of the original ship This space was a modification, the Nauvoo, which became the Behe what it was and would be Looked at that way, Naoly

The reeted thenize, and waved them back into the steam The kitchen was small, with toirl—who looked at theh

The old , at the walk-in freezer beyond it Saba was already there, a blanket over his shoulders and a thin, black cigarette in his mouth His cheeks were ruddy with the cold The old ht ca shadows across theaze cut over to Clarissa, but if anything she see the cold

“Not perfect,” Saba said, “but hard for them to hear us”

“You think they’re listening?”

“No,” Saba said “But here, seee I didn’t have ”

“Shikata ga nai,” Naomi said, and Saba nodded ruefully

“We have a plan,” Bobbie said “Well, Naomi does”

“The outline of one anyway,” Naos have to happen in a very small time fra that down isn’t so I can do”

“I have people,” Saba said “You tell ”

“There’s just a lot of s to break down”