fire, but onlyfrom the compound's watch towers, which were nothing more than littleair-conditioned tin boxes on legs. It had seemed a safe place. The last time we took the place back, or the Rombili did,the Birds sent up troops and drove them out, and there's no reason to believe they won't try to take it back again. Getting the boats had been easily the most difficult and dangerous part ofthe mission so far.
***In the darkness, twelve combat personnel carriers sat hidden by trees increek beds, waiting for orders to take off. She still gets times mixed up, the boy put in. Things could always go wrong, of course. And who, Tar-Kliss asked, who in the Confederation is responsible forforeign affairs? Per Standard Management? Why, ultimately the Administrator General, His Majesty, Marcus XXVII.
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