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North of the Eel River, the Komarsi had no held lines. To Jil-Zat's left sat his three principal training officers, T'swa likehimself. Varlik sat chagrined. For obvious reasons, the food required no preparation.

But went along with it because there seemednothing we could do to stop it, and because the war's result seemed aforegone conclusion. She'd hit close to home, and it annoyed Varlik. The regiment's were gone by then. You fired a rocket! she said.