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VEYADA DROPPED himself in the water. Sheydu, Deyu and Evi dropped as one to the bottom of the boat. A shot flew over the top and hit the water just in front of the bow of our boat.
Splash. A bullet.
Thayu pulled me down. Reida and Telaris also fell between the benches.
I lay, panting, on the hard and disgusting bottom, half in a puddle that stank of rotting fish.
I said, “What the f**k do they think they’re doing?”
“They don’t want us around,” Reida said.
Telaris muttered, “Someone recommend that kid for a prize in logic.”
Damn it, I hadn’t yet spoken to my association about easing off on teasing Reida.
I carefully rolled onto my back.
Langga sat behind the engine housing, holding the rudder with his tail. If ever I was going to die and come back in a different body, it would
