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CHAPTER 21
Ravna knew that -- under his bluster -- Blueshell was at
least as much a worrier as she. Worse, he was a nitpicker.
The next time Ravna asked him about their progress, he
retreated into technicalities.
Finally Ravna broke in, "Look. The kid is sitting on
something that just might blow the Blight sky high, and all
he has are bows and arrows. How the long will it be till we
get down there, Blueshell?"
Blueshell rolled nervously back and forth across the
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CHAPTER 39
"A bad understanding. She was lied to."
Ravna tried to read something behind the voice. Steel's
Samnorsk was as creaky as ever, the tones childish and
whiny. He sounded no different than before. But his story
was stretched very thin by what had just happened. He was
either a galaxy master of impudence -- or his story was
actually true.
"The human must have been hurt, then lied to by Woodcarver.
This explains a lot, Ravna. Without her, Woodcarver could
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CHAPTER 9
Afterwards, Ravna slept well. It was halfway through the
morning when she drifted back toward wakefulness. The ring
of her phone was monotonously insistent, loud enough to
reach through the most pleasant dreams. She opened her eyes,
disoriented and happy. She was lying with her arms wrapped
tightly around ... a large pillow. Damn. He'd already left.
She lay back for a second, remembering. These last two years
she had been lonely; till last night she hadn't realized how
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CHAPTER 27
According to the clock, it took less than half an hour for
the Skroderiders to make it back. It seemed a lot longer to
Pham Nuwen, even though he tried to keep up a casual front
with Ravna. Maybe they were both keeping up a front; he knew
she still considered him a fragile case.
But the Riders' cameras showed no more signs of the killer
butterflies. Finally the cargo lock cracked open and
Blueshell and Greenstalk were back.
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CHAPTER 41
Ravna walked across the field toward the waiting packs. The
thick smoke had been blown away, but its smell was still
heavy in the air. The hillside was burned-over desolation.
From above, Steel's castle had looked like the center of a
great, black nipple, hectares of natural and pack-made
destruction capping the hill.
The soldiers silently made way for her. More than one cast
an uneasy glance at the starship grounded behind her. She
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