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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
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." "If it works," Xris said gloomily.
"It will work, my friend," Quong said gently. "It will work. Can you take over from here? I'll go initiate the repair program."
Xris nodded, grateful for the opportunity to be left alone. He let his mind drift and odd thoughts came into it, the oddest being that Rowan was certainly pretty and that this fact irritated and bothered him. Xris didn't like to think of his friend as pretty. He didn't want to think of Rowan as womanly in any way, shape, or form. Rowan wasn't a woman ....
Any more than I'm a machine, Xris said to himself.
A heavy thud shook the vessel. Xris shut down his welder, looked over to Harry for an explanation. "Fuel pod dropping into place."
Harry had taken his seat in the pilot's chair--right next to the chair on which Xris was standing. Rowan moved to the navigator's position, was forced to squeeze past Quong, who had to sidestep Raoul, who tripped over the Little One. Everybody was tumbling over the gear.
The bridge hadn't appeared small until now. Jamil, watching from below in the launch module, his head poking up out of the deck, had a suggestion. "All those not needed up there can ride down here. It's meant to work that way, in fact."
"We're certainly not needed," Raoul said thankfully. "And I have to redo my makeup."
Meaning he had to remove the poisoned lipstick before he accidentally poisoned himself
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