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. He shook his head.
"It doesn't matter," Rowan said, with a slight shrug. "It doesn't matter at all. Take care of yourselL Xris."
"I'm not easy to kill. As you know."
He shut the door.
"Xris!" Jamil shouted. "I can see movement."
Tycho's voice came over the comm. "Xris. I've got them in my sights. I recognize one of them. It's ..." He paused, then said, "You're not going to believe this."
Jamil lowered his rifle, grinned. "Guess who?"
Xris relaxed. "Not the Royal Marines."
Jarnil shook his head.
A thundering crash nearly staved in the front door.
"The neighbors, come to call."
Xris hurried to open the nullgrav steel door before it shattered.
CHAPTER 25
That proverbial saying, "Bad news travels fast and far."
Plutarch, Morals of Inquisitiveness
Agiant of a man, Olefsky not only had to duck to slide his head beneath the doorframe, he had to rotate his enormous body, and then was forced to squeeze his way through the door. When he succeeded, he shook himself in a manner similar to that of the large shaggy hunting dog that trotted at his side. His two sons followed, grinning sheepishly and bobbing their heads.
"My friend! By my lungs and liver, it is good to see you again!"
Bear Olefsky enfolded Xris in an embrace that completely engulfed the cyborg, squeezing the air from his body and setting off an alarm on his breathing apparatus
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