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The deck shifted hard to the right, and Bobbie’s head went a little swirabbed onto a handhold
“I wasn’t on Ilus”
“Oh right,” Amos said “Well, like them anyway But yeah, we’re kinda stuck where we are unless we can h the bulkhead with Would like to get that done before they decide to rush us”
Alex’s voice cut in He wouldn’t be able to hear them unless she turned up her broadcast power a lot h “Hey, y’all The Stor off our little dance out here It looks like she’s trying to get back to port Might be a good ti short on time”
Saba responded “Still waiting for the prison stragglers Any ship’s ready, I’ll get the as you can, yeah?”
“I’m on it,” Alex said
Bobbie ground her teeth She wanted to break off, head down to back up Amos and his squad Bad tactics She needed to stick to the plan Aht She had to believe that The lift tube
went up the length of the ship, all the way to the ops deck No one aiting up there that she could see That didn’t
“All right,” she said to her tea to be just the same Two move forhile three cover, and then the forward pair cover while the three catch up Only instead of going fro up froet the lift going up before us, but it’s probably locked down, and I don’t want to announce where we are”
The Belters all gave their assent and took position Bobbie and a tallthe handholds like they were free-clilanced over the top of the deck before she climbed up, but she would have been surprised to find an ambush there
She leaned against the wall, gun pointed up It looked like the hatch to ops was closed Leaving the rest open gave the defenders a great line of fire, but they weren’t using it Not yet She gestured to the others, and didn’t take her eye off the eneer than the Roci There were eightto be tricky, but—
Gravity cut out, and she grabbed for a handhold by reflex as the ship spun around her, sweeping her legs perpendicular to the deck As suddenly as it had cut out, it ca her down The iravity cut out again, amicroburn She and her team were braced now The float and burn happened threeforever
“Amos?”
“Hey there, Babs”
“Is this you? Did you break so?”