, and the carrier toucheddown harder than he'd expected, as if the pilot had been caught unawareby the ground, or felt hurried. Those mercs were flanking the T'swa now. He felt they might presage aspring offensive to deny the Smoleni the production of northern farmingsettlements. He worked his bag open, got his arms out,and with mittened hands broke the ice around his head, then sat up.
The alarm bells were used to waken them at 1145, the first time thealarms had sounded since their first week. But by the time they reached the village he knew: Their next step was toget back to Oldu Tez-Boag and off of Oven. But Kettlewasn't your ordinary gook world, sitting out there with no one caring muchone way or another. Bertol's reaction, somewhat amorphous, seemedto say that he hadn't felt aggrieved, but thanks anyway.
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