I wantBarkum to kill him with one round. Each man knew they had about six minutes:Romlar's best guess-timate of how long it would be before the boats wereobserved by Klestronu aerial surveillance, plus time for the gunships toarrive. Then, in about ten minutes, whistling got them up again. He hung there in blackness, regathering his attention, wondering if hischute had lodged securely or would slip loose, wondering how far it was tothe ground, wondering if it was safe to move.
They'd begun to build log and dirtfortifications and to patrol a perimeter around the site, but they hadn't sentin reinforcements. That used to be the time, and Iknow of no reason it would have changed. Varlik had recorded none of the final fight on video, though its sounds wereall on cube, but now, sitting weak and bleeding on the floater, he began torecord the wounded and the busy medics. Yessir! A great long sonofabitch! Gimme an azimuth on it! The man sat on a branch, holding himself in place with one arm, andsighting through the compass, gave the captain the reading.
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