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I look at Ourania. Really look at her. "No matter what, you're not the only one driving. AAU is behind Red Five, AAU wanted Tabitha, or someone like her. For a system we were told was off-line, AAU is pretty active, don't you think? The adults must …
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I nod. "Yeah, I can see how you might feel that way. I'm no angel, either. It's just usually less obvious when I mess with someone." I look at my hands for a moment. "So, what's next? You're the one with the bomb and the drive for revolution."
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I'm really not convinced that explosives are a good way to prove a point, but Ourania's intensity is... compelling. I guess my next thing is to get Trish working on the detonator and see what else I can do to help. If we can make progress without th…
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"Trivial. I could probably do it, but Trish would do it better. What's the goal, though? Explosives, closed environment, vacuum of space... how do we use what you've got?" I think I just agreed to help with a revolt. Guess I'm not going to message…
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I listen to the back and forth for a minute, then when Mark offers up Pax's navi, I cut in. "There's someone on the other side, an adult, who's been working with Red Five. One of my father's people. Think we can use that somehow?"
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I look between the two, tempted to back away before I get into cross-fire that I didn't earn. Instead, I speak up. "There's a stomm-load to talk about, personal issues aside. I know it doesn't seem important to you right now, with Pris on the table,…
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Ourania doing "magic" doesn't surprise me. I've heard the rumors, and saw what happened yesterday. Not sure there isn't a better explanation than "magic," but it's good enough for shorthand. I know Ourania "called" this meeting, but I'll go ahead …
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The AAU. Ourania's being pretty forthcoming, maybe I should be, as well. I wonder what Pax told Mark, though, so maybe I'll hedge that bet for now. "That makes sense. Nul arrested Pax, by the way. I talked to her before, and she said something abo…
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"Why, then? I mean, why take Tabitha?" I lean forward a little, intent on her answer. "I assume you got the information from your mother?"
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I'm watching Ourania's expression as Tunde makes his recitation. Mi Sun's, too, since I was paying attention to the words, the first time around. I wonder what either of them actually knows?
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I get that Mi Sun and Ourania aren't friends, but this is what needs to happen right now. I give Mi Sun a sympathetic look, but not one that invites disagreement. "So, Ourania, like I said, a lot's happened. Tunde, why don't you share what you he…
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I look around the table. Would be easiest to send Mi Sun off, but also not the most hurtful. "Torrence, you mind giving Ourania your seat? Maybe you could talk to Eff."
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That stomm yesterday was at best unnerving, and I trust Ourania and her mother both about as far as I could throw them, and I don't mean in the low-gee access tunnels. Still, she has fingers in pies that I don't and she's not stupid. I meet her look…
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I notice Mi Sun's discomfort, but not really feeling the need to push on it now. "Huh. So they mysteriously spirited Ashlee out, and Tabitha got suited up and walked through the lock in full view?"
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The whole definition of "enemy" is much more ungraspable, after that talk with Pax. She made points. Valid ones. And implicated someone I grew up trusting as believing the same way. Someone to talk to about this would be great, but it's not going to…
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I smile at Mi Sun, make a gesture with my head to invite her to join us. "Hey, Torrence, how is it sharing a bathroom with Corporal Null?" I know it's three letters, but I think of it with the second "L". "He hasn't tried to do a surprise body-cavit…
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"That's a bet, Pax. Mark may be a little crazy, but he's not stupid enough to muddy the waters by drokking someone he's supposed to be arresting." I smile.
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That is not good at all. "That's... uncomfortable. Listen, Pax, I'll see what I can do to help you, but everything depends on my father. Oh, I have to ask. Why 'Red Five'?"
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Stomm. Pax isn't an idiot... smarter than me, I guess. "So, going with... AAU is secretly still online, and it's... sentient? Recruited you, and you don't know anyone else? On the other side, I mean. I get pushing back, from this side." I draw a bre…
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Okay. Okay. I totally thought I was walking in on a "rebel" getting direction from someone on the other side, But... "the boogeyman made me do it"? That's... creepy. "AAU's been offline for a long time, Pax. Good one, though. Ha ha ha. Who are you r…
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Aha. "And who is that, Pax? The person that you trusted. I may be able to help, you know? But I need something... Who is it that left you hanging?" Pax must clearly see that this means something to me, personally. Offering a String to her for Bou…
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I snort a laugh. "No. You're not going to fight, Pax. Mark... sorry, Nul... is going to have to at least put you in Iso, and the programming for that is controlled by people on the other side. People like my father, and Ourania's mother. People whos…
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I don't sit. "And when one of your hacks drokks with a critical system? Life support, for instance, or even the heat exchangers. What happens then?"
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I take a step forward. "Listen, Pax, I know you don't have a lot of time. You know who my father is, right? I need to find out something about the goals of your organization. What do you hope to accomplish?"
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I leave Trish to her buzz, bring Torrence and Tunde with me to look for Pax, Mark or both. I suppose Medical, then Iso, then who knows.
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I send back Interesting. You think she's involved with the breaches we've been tracking? Red Five has to have some connection to my father's group... or there's a prodigy involved. Pax is smart, but is she that smart? I've felt like someone …
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Connections... Every breath we take depends on some device somewhere on the ship communicating with some other device. Father is the Keeper of Protocols, responsible for maintaining the entire vast web of wires and switches and transmitters and rec…
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I am a rather laissez faire despot when it comes down to it. "I'm going to get situated here, but you do whatever seems like fun, girl."
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I shrug. "Sometimes, it makes sense to include someone different. Proves that I don't give a stomm what anybody else thinks, right? Besides, I think Mi Sun might be fun if she wasn't flinching all the time like she's afraid someone's going to hit he…
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I smile at the thought of anything chilling Nadja out. "Seems pretty unlikely, Trish, but who knows? If anyone can do it, you can." I walk into the room and plop down to sit on the bed. I'll unpack my little trunk later. "Trish, Nadja aside, anyon…