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. Hazel reminds me of her. Dickie, have you made
up your mind?"
"Uncle, I'll fight it all the way. How can I okay letting my bride risk a
caper that she stands only a fifty-fifty chance of coming out of alive?
Especially when nobody has even tried to show me why my ways aren't better?"
"Just asking. The mathematicians are testing another team- since you're
unwilling. We'll see. Your father was stubborn and your grandfather was
stubborn; it's no surprise that you are stubborn. Your grandfather-my
father-said flatly that he would rather have a bastard in the family than
Lazarus Long. So he had one. You. And Lazarus went away and never knew about
you.
"Not surprising that you and your father don't get along;
you're too much alike. And now he's going to take your place, on the team
for Task Adam Selene."
XXX
"Our revels now are ended."
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616
Dying isn't difficult. Even a baby kitten can do it. I'm sitting with my
back to the wall in the old computer room of the Warden's Complex in Luna. Pixel
is cradled in my left arm. Hazel is on the floor, by us. I'm not sure Pixel is
dead. He may be asleep. But I am not going to disturb him to find out; he's a
badly hurt baby at best.
I know Hazel is still alive because I'm watching her respiration. But she
is not in good shape. I do wish they would hurry
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