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"UET's been playing it close to home-not ranging out here, much. I'd figured
it was our raids, held them back. But-" His laugh held no humor. "Not to sound
conceited, you see, it's not me or anything I really have that scares them-"
"Oh! As Ivan told-on Earth, the Underground rumors, But, Bran-" In sudden
comprehension she fell silent.
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"Yeah-you get it now. Those rumors-they only work as long as I don't show up.
If we fail at
Stronghold . . ." Shuddering, he sighed. "You see, Rissa? It's not just
Stronghold, or even Earth.
It's all the marbles!"
While she thought, her fingers kneaded his neck's rigid cords. "Of course,
Bran-how could it be otherwise?" She paused. "Have you lost confidence in your
plan? I have not."
"No. With what we have, it's as good as can be done.
But..."
"Tregare! We have agreed that this must be tried, and who else could attempt
it? So-do we go ahead?"
gripped her. At first his laughter wrenched him, as
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\rthough he sobbed-then it came freely. "Yes, Rissa-peace knows it, yes! I'll
be all right."
And when at last he slept, in the moments before she herself found sleep,
Rissa thought:
Whatever happens-here is where my life belongs.
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