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"However?" she prompted, readily picking up the ex-
pected reservation in his tone. Teague would not have lied
for her.

"Cofort tells me that you don't respond well to the sight
of suffering or major injustice."

The woman's eyes brightened momentarily. "Neither
does he." She was grave again in the next instant. "It is true




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that I've drawn him into a couple of confrontations he

would as soon have avoided."

"I can't afford to have the same thing happen to me or
my crew," Jellico told her bluntly. "A Free Trader Captain,
the Captain of any starship, is responsible not only for his
vessel and cargo but for every living thing she carries. He
can't always act as he would if he were an unencumbered
individual. There're always going to be times when he has
no option but to look the other way. That's true of your
brother and even more so of us; we don't pack the same

payload."

"I am aware of that fact, Captain Jellico. Too aware of it.

I had to satisfy myself with leaving the Mermaid and sav-
ing my own skin instead of properly challenging Slate's

negligence."

Her eyes dropped, and she bit down on her lip. "I hope

someone does." She looked up again, her hatred open and

strong. "Soon."

"You can count on that if the crew's got as much reason