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“You’re h said with a smile that he hoped looked confident “Let’s be on our way”

As they walked, Singh consulted his orist roups coordinating on the fly—to have a co, and the Rocinante hadn’t yet rowingpermission to escalate to lethal counter with their i personnel are open to working against us

The hardest thing was to trust his own people to do their jobs well, but it hat he had to do He wondered if the high consul suffered the sa that all the critical action would be taken by others ere guided by his orders, but in conditions he could only guess at, and in places where his intervention, even if it were possible, could only ht The powerlessness of control

The warning echoed through the station Ato look Singh’s legs burned a little from his pace

“Where are we going?” he asked the head of the fire team

“We have a hard shelter at the end of this corridor, sir It’s a bit away froet, but it has independent environmental controls and—”

The Marine froze in h felt a rush of fear, looked down the corridor to see what danger the

“What’s the ot no answer that he realized all the Marines had stopped Their visors were opaque, their radios silent, their power arh stood, suddenly alone and terribly aware of his own vulnerability The back of his head itched at the idea that soht then, and he had no protection

For abefore him Was all of this a distraction to pull hi, he strode fast down the corridor to the first door A public restroom He stepped in, made certain he was alone, and locked the door behind hi of it in his neck Leaning against a narrow sink, he pulled his monitor and keyed in his security codes His Marine lockdown hadn’t been triggered The Marines shouldn’t have been disabled Sonal

Overstreet answered his connection request at once

“My fire team is disabled,” he said

“Yes, sir I’ the same with all the powered tea a conventional escort to your location”

“What the hell is going on out there? I need a report!”

Annoyance flickered across Overstreet’s face, gone al fire teams has let the situation at the detention cells deteriorate I have initial reports that so for better intelligence on that, but I a ready for launch The Stored with the Rocinante, but not conclusively as yet”

Now,about it? He didn’t say it, but Singh heard it anyway