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Chapter 25

           

           Alonewasfinewithme.

           ThetruthwasthatI’dbeenapoortravellingcompanionforTreppformostofthejourney.Inthecabinofthesub-shipI’dbeensteadfastlywithdrawndespiteTrepp’sobviousinterestinmybackground.FinallyshegaveuptryingtoextractanecdotesaboutHarlan’sWorldandtheCorpsandtriedinsteadtoteachmeacoupleofcardgamessheknew.Impelledbysomeghostofculturalpoliteness,Ireciprocated,buttwoisn’tanidealnumberforcardsandneitherofourheartswasinit.WelandedinEuropeinsilence,eachflippingthroughourownselectionfromthejet’smediastack.DespiteTrepp’sapparentlackofconcernonthesubject,Iwashavingahardtimeforgettingthecircumstancesofourlasttriptogether.

           Belowus,theplaingavewaytoincreasinglygreenuplandsandthenonevalleyinparticularwheretheforestedcragsseemedtoclosearoundsomethingman-made.Aswestartedtodescend,Treppunjackedherselfwithaflutterofeyelidsthatmeantshehadn’tbotheredtodisconnectthechipsynapsesfirststrictlyadvisedagainstbymostmanufacturers,butmaybeshewasshowingoff.Ibarelynoticed.Mostofmewasabsorbedinthethingwewerelandingbeside.

           Itwasamassivestonecross,largerthananyI’dseenbeforeandweather-stainedwithage.

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