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Chapter 13

Carl again felt slightly humiliated by this show of dismissal, but he was distracted from this feeling by the door opening and a new figure entering the room. Something in the man’s movement caused Carl to turn his head. Then he stared.

It was the pirate from the probe field, who had been addressed in the hall—as, what? Armand!That was it. Somehow just knowing the pirate’s name felt very good to Carl.

The man passed behind Carl, who turned to keep him in sight, and took up position at a console further along the arc. Carl, unable to look away, took in the man’s appearance in exquisite detail this time.