[ He gives her an apologetic look, nudging her shoulder with his. ]
Yeah. An' I ain't done, yet.
Now, I wasn't there, but Holden told me a bit about what happened on the sphere. When the Xuesen saw him headin' down there, they sent a buncha Martians down to grab 'im.
Includin' you.
Somethin' happened, he activated somethin', and since everyone thought he was nuts and about to blow somethin' up, shots were fired. Only the bullets got stopped dead. One of the marines was torn to pieces by the protomolecule, after lobbin' a grenade.
And the speed limit? Dropped to almost nothin'.
Every ship that was movin' faster than it - and that was most of them, includin' us - got stopped dead in the water. Very fast.
I woke up when Naomi came outta nowhere and found me on the Roci. Had a fork in my arm and a damaged neck, but I was still alive. Same with Amos, though he has a nasty as hell bruise over his eye - think he broke a bit of his skull, too. Pretty sure we just wouldn't've woken up, if not for her.
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Yeah. An' I ain't done, yet.
Now, I wasn't there, but Holden told me a bit about what happened on the sphere. When the Xuesen saw him headin' down there, they sent a buncha Martians down to grab 'im.
Includin' you.
Somethin' happened, he activated somethin', and since everyone thought he was nuts and about to blow somethin' up, shots were fired. Only the bullets got stopped dead. One of the marines was torn to pieces by the protomolecule, after lobbin' a grenade.
And the speed limit? Dropped to almost nothin'.
Every ship that was movin' faster than it - and that was most of them, includin' us - got stopped dead in the water. Very fast.
I woke up when Naomi came outta nowhere and found me on the Roci. Had a fork in my arm and a damaged neck, but I was still alive. Same with Amos, though he has a nasty as hell bruise over his eye - think he broke a bit of his skull, too. Pretty sure we just wouldn't've woken up, if not for her.