Battleground Mars
“How could that be, was it all a dream? Faces were looking down at him. Saul and Gabi. He remembered the mission to Lyot Crater, when he’d collapsed, frozen in the face of the enemy. So the rest of it was his imagination. He felt embarrassed, but Saul’s words made him realize that he had imagined nothing.
“What the blazes were you doing, Rahm? For Christ’s sake, how could you even think it? We’re in enough trouble here, in case you haven’t noticed. We need you more than ever, and then you go and... try a stupid stunt like that.”
“I’m sorry, my friend,” he muttered. “Did you come out to get me?”
“It was Gabi, she was checking over the gear you brought back from Lyot Crater. She had some news and she came looking for you.”
He looked at her. “Did you…?”
“Read your note? Yes, I did. I looked in your room and saw the envelope addressed to me. How could you even think it?”
He felt tired and depressed, they didn’t understand. “I thought of it because you can’t afford to carry any deadwood.MoreLess
“What the blazes were you doing, Rahm? For Christ’s sake, how could you even think it? We’re in enough trouble here, in case you haven’t noticed. We need you more than ever, and then you go and... try a stupid stunt like that.”
“I’m sorry, my friend,” he muttered. “Did you come out to get me?”
“It was Gabi, she was checking over the gear you brought back from Lyot Crater. She had some news and she came looking for you.”
He looked at her. “Did you…?”
“Read your note? Yes, I did. I looked in your room and saw the envelope addressed to me. How could you even think it?”
He felt tired and depressed, they didn’t understand. “I thought of it because you can’t afford to carry any deadwood.MoreLess
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