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she felt a little guilty about that as if she had betrayed him: but if you had two partners, one had to be first
in the queue. She got up and steadied herself against a bulkhead. The structure of the Eqbas vessel was
disorientingly translucent in some places but solid and impregnable in others, and it was hard enough to
negotiate its shifting layout at the best of times. тАЬIs he conscious yet? What about Aras?тАЭ

The EqbasтАЩs two-toned voice had a placatory note, but she was probably imagining that. тАЬBoth of them
have been revived and made no mention of being conscious during suspension. TheyтАЩve gone to locate
the other marines.тАЭ

Shan stared at the deck but still couldnтАЩt see where the vomit had gone. There was nothing. The hull
materialтАФliquid to solid, solid to liquid, whatever was required of matter to make a ship that could
become a fleet and a squadron of fighters at a momentтАЩs noticeтАФappeared to have disposed of it.

тАЬSo whereтАЩs Eddie?тАЭ

Eddie Michallat, as permanent a fixture as her cтАЩnaatat parasite, was going to be a busy man. He could
forget reporting. He had a proper job to do. He could handle all the bloody media wanting to know
every cough, spit, and fart about the Eqbas, who had come on a far-from-unanimous invitation to put
EarthтАЩs environment back together. Eddie would argue all that shit about his neutrality as usual, but heтАЩd
play the spokesman in the end. Esganikan Gai, the Eqbas commander, seemed to know how to press his
buttons to get him to do what she wanted.

тАЬEddie Michallat is not on board,тАЭ said the Eqbas officer.

Typical: heтАЩd wangled an early disembarkation. тАЬWhat do you mean, not on board?тАЭ

There were a lot more Eqbas milling around now, the females with that plume of hair down the center of
their skulls like angry cockatoos. They glanced at her as if she was behaving oddly. Maybe she was.

The Eqbas officerтАФCirvanali, Cirvenuli, she couldnтАЩt recall his name right thenтАФsmelled even more
acidic, as if he was waiting for her to lose her temper. They were a totally undiplomatic people, so his
hesitation was telling.

тАЬEddie Michallat chose to stay on WessтАЩej, Shan Chail.тАЭ

It took Shan a few moments to process the enormity of that statement. EddieтАФthe embedded BBChan
journo sheтАЩd never wanted on the original mission, the cause of many of her woes, but also the solution to
many of her problemsтАФwas twenty-five years in the past, 150 trillion miles away. He was as good as
dead.

The last sheтАЩd seen of himтАжhe was saying heтАЩd be on board, and that heтАЩd be in demand when he got
back. He was planning on claiming his back pay from BBChan, 103 years of it.

тАЬHow could the bastard just stay behind?тАЭ It wasnтАЩt a question. She felt more bereaved than betrayed.
тАЬWhat did he say? Jesus, didnтАЩt he even give a reason? I need to talk to him. Get me an ITX link.тАЭ

тАЬI know nothing of his reasons,тАЭ said the Eqbas, ignoring her demand. тАЬBut if youтАЩre arguing, then you
must be well, and Esganikan has more urgent matters for you to attend to. There is nothing you can do to
retrieve Eddie Michallat now.тАЭ