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Chapter 15
`What’shappeningwithMaelcum?’
`Maelcumfine.Nobodycomedownthetube.Yachtpilottalktohim,sayrelax.’
Astheyswungpastthegrayship,CasesawthenameHANIWAincrispwhitecapitalsbeneathanoblongclusterofJapanese.
`Idon’tlikethis,man.Iwasthinkingmaybeit’stimewegotourassoutofhereanyway.’
`Maelcumthinkin’thatprecisething,mon,butGarveynotbegoin’farlikethat.’
Maelcumwaspurringaspeeded-uppatoistohisradiowhenCasecamethroughtheforwardlockandremovedhishelmet.
`Aerol’sgonebacktotheRocker,’Casesaid.
Maelcumnodded,stillwhisperingtothemicrophone.
Casepulledhimselfoverthepilot’sdriftingtangleofdreadlocksandbegantoremovehissuit.Maelcum’seyeswereclosednow;henoddedashelistenedtosomereplyoverapairofphoneswithbrightorangepads,hisbrowcreasedwithconcentration.Heworeraggedjeansandanoldgreennylonjacketwiththesleevesrippedout.CasesnappedtheredSanyosuittoastoragehammockandpulledhimselfdowntotheg-web.
`Seewhatth’ghostsay,mon,’Maelcumsaid.`Computerkeepsaskin’foryou.’
`Sowho’supthereinthatthing?’
`SameJapan-boycamebefore.An’nowhejoinedbyyouMisterArmitage,comeoutFreeside...’
Caseputthetrodesonandjackedin.