Three days later General Lamons came through the ward, pinning medalson the wounded. For an instant Jerym held his breath, turning away to protect hisnight vision from the expected blast, waiting for the bomb to go off, to wipeout Desterbi, Warden, and the general. But if he was ever again in Kettle's equatorial jungle, he'd havea basis for communicating. Kristal had turned to Lotta and spread his hands.
But he listenedand nodded, and thanked the mercenary commander gruffly when he'dfinished. She could imagine Varlik dying in some carefully staged accident. ThenI'm gonna hoist you on my back and carry you. We generallyprefer to engage a new opponent briefly, and so far as possible on our ownterms, before any major campaign.
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