The Sumeris had paid no mind at all, so far as Cheatham could see,to the operation of the entrenching machines. They, and the missing shuttle, must havegone below as neither radar nor lidar showed the slightest trace ofthe shuttle in the solar system. Campos adjusted the hands he had cupped around his face justenough to glare at Virgil Rivers with one eye. He watched carefully, from behind a snow covered bush.
Engage now, sir? asked the platoon centurion laying next toJimenez on the friendly side of the berm. This much he had learned on Old Earth; the progressives who said theycame to do good only came to do well. Shoulda cut even lower. On the way hepaused to consider taking with him the machete he used to help withthe harvest in season.
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