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. Xris didn't understand a word, but he realized that in order to get them to leave, he'd have to physically assault both of them. Besides, if they could jam it, buy him more time...
He rested his hand on Rowan's shoulder, touched the Doc on the arm. "All right. You stay. But listen to me. When the Marines show up, you surrender. That's an order. No heroics."
"That was always my plan," Quong said gravely, not taking his eyes from the screen.
Rowan looked up at Xris. She was smiling, but her eyes were shadowed. "Don't worry about us. You take care of yourself. And the others."
"Sure thing," he said easily, then added, more somberly, "Once again, I'm sorry about all this."
"I'm not," she answered. For a brief instant, her hand rested on his good hand. Then she turned back to the computer.
Xris straightened. Raoul, a vision in gold sequins and bangles, fluttered excitedly around him.
"What about me, Xris Cyborg? Do I get to surrender to the Marines, too?"
"I know that's always been a fantasy of yours, but not this time." Xris took hold of the Adonian by a bracelet-covered, bejeweled arm, headed in the direction of the rumbling PVC. "Grab your purse. You and the Little One are coming with me."
CHAPTER 38
Thus, at first you are like a maiden, so the enemy opens his door....
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"What the devil is the delay, Captain?" The Lord Admiral angrily confronted Cato
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