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− | "In a minute." Rina took a turn around the tower, looking out on all sides. | + | "In a minute." Rina took a turn around the tower, looking out on all sides. Nothing's moving. Should be safe. She tipped her face to the stars above and watched them twinkle in the clear night air. Memory stirred. <br><br> |
''Cold air. Black night. Blue white stars. Everything gone ...''<br><br> | ''Cold air. Black night. Blue white stars. Everything gone ...''<br><br> | ||
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She looked up again.<br><br> | She looked up again.<br><br> | ||
− | "If Potemkin falls into our hands, maimed, maybe dying, what do we do with him? That's assuming, of course, that Roskov is either driven off or doesn't care what happens one way or the other. While I seriously | + | "If Potemkin falls into our hands, maimed, maybe dying, what do we do with him? That's assuming, of course, that Roskov is either driven off or doesn't care what happens one way or the other. While I seriously dislike the wisdom of leaving an enemy like him alive behind us ... I don't know, Beglan. I know there are plenty of us who'd want a piece of him. But kill him when he's down? As much as I hate what he's done to us and our girl, I don't think I could actually pull the trigger on him. Not like that. Combat? Sure. But when he's at our mercy and can't fight back?"<br><br> |
She gazed back out over the landscape a moment before looking back again.<br><br> | She gazed back out over the landscape a moment before looking back again.<br><br> | ||
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− | "You do. If you throw that away, he wins." She sighed. "I guess you could say it comes down to this: do we spend the little time we've got fixing a radio to ask for help that might not come? Or do we use that time to make our defenses and our traps against a force that we know '''will''' come to do us | + | "You do. If you throw that away, he wins." She sighed. "I guess you could say it comes down to this: do we spend the little time we've got fixing a radio to ask for help that might not come? Or do we use that time to make our defenses and our traps against a force that we know '''will''' come to do us ill? What is the best use of our time and resources toward our survival, Beglan?"<br><br> |
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