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Despite its seely dilapidated state, Juan was proud to be captain of that ship The Oregon was doing exactly what she was designed to do

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Marion MacDougal “MacD” Lawless was only five feet away frohillie suit, typically worn by snipers as caned to blend into the Vietnaement of artificial plant life on his outfit perfectly round cover where they lay only a dozen feet from the railroad tracks Linc wore one just like it and could hardly make out his own arms stretched in front of him

A snake slithered across the barrel of Linc’s assault rifle, oblivious to the person only inches away Linc had no idea if it was venomous, but he wasn’t about to rile it and find out

“I hate the jungle,” the former Navy SEALspot and into the trees

“At least we’re not lying on top of a fire ant nest,” MacD replied in his syrupy New Orleans drawl “Ah did that once in Louisiana during a ca like Ah had the measles”

Linc seriously doubted that bothered his date toothe Corporation, his good-looking features could have earned hi in Hollywood

“The erous animals we had in Detroit were rottweilers and pit bulls,” Linc said He still had a scar on his right thigh where a guard dog had sunk its teeth into hi a shortcut home as a kid

MacD shifted slightly, just enough to rustle the suit and make himself visible for a fraction of a second “Just between you and me, Ah would have taken Eddie’s spot in a heartbeat if Ah thought Ah wouldn’t be as out of place as the Pope at Mardi Gras”

“Stupid genetics,” Linc said “Always s up for us”

Not only did neither of them speak Mandarin, Linc was an African-Aht room that he could have been a competitive bodybuilder, and MacD was a tall blond who couldn’t pass for a Taiwanese triad member no matter how much makeup and latex prosthetics were applied to his face

As the Corporation’s director of shore operations, Eddie Seng would nors,” as the Oregon’s former Special Forces operators were knoere on their own today

Linc felt a slight treround But unlike the suddenness of an earthquake, this shaking grely and steadily stronger

“That’s got to be them,” MacD said