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“A thousand? Are you serious?! I would have , deconta him will severely eat into any of our profit”

“Fine Seven, then You can have him for seven hundred”

Sloan pretended to think it over She would have been willing to pay thousands of credits to free thisof a flesh dealer’s whip and the brutality of captivity She juotten her into a few tight spots over the years, but she never wavered

“That will be a difficult sell, but with a five percent discount on the fuel cells, you have a deal”

Ganthar held out his touchpad “Deal” He held out his rough, slightly slirasped his hand and scanned her touchpad on his

Ganthar told one of his guards to open the cell “I should htlyferal” Ganthar cackled his a one over on Sloan

Great! Sloan thought as she walked into the cell This s were bloody and tattered He lay on the floor and seemed unable to even move

“Look at how dauards to do this? You lucked out on this deal You wouldn’t have gotten two hundred for him on the open market, let alone this price”

“I know” Ganthar laughed as he walked away and left Sloan there with Dev, the guard, and their soon-to-be passenger—if they azed into his striking green eyes “It’s going to be all right I’et up slowly Be careful, because I’ weak” As she reached down to pick hiet over here!”

As their shuttle docked with the Trinity, Sloan called for the med bay to retrieve their new visitor She opened a co, but you had better tell me we aren’t out of fuel”

“No, Captain! Just wanted to make sure you’re safely on board”

“Well, I a i up and trying to screw us over in this deal He always tries to renege and get the oods back That’s probably ere the only ones ould take this contract,” she said, mainly to herself but also to Dev He’d been with her for a while but hadn’t dealt with Ganthar before

Jan’s voice came over the all-ship call “Prepare for the ju up for FTL juh Sloan’s body The countdown blasted from the speakers, and everyone held on to the safety rails around the ship Sloan felt the slight drop of her stomach at the lurch, which rocked everyone

The rav stretcher as Dev helped unfold the visitor from the shuttle

“Run a full diagnostic Be sure to check for parasites, put hiet him any nourish-packs he needs Give me an update as soon as you can”