My Own Kind of Freedom by Steven Brust (top novels to read TXT) ๐
Except that the Captain just wasn't himself these days, and that was cause for worry.
The "town" of Yuva began abruptly as the road split into two main streets, which ran parallel for about a mile before the southernmost ("South Street," said a sign) left you at the top of a hill leading down to where the miners lived in what was effectively a different, larger, and much filthier town. North Street was half a mile longer, ending in the company security office. On South Street, a bright, clean-looking store stood on the right beneath a sign saying, "Company Store," opposite a small park-like area, with a pond and a few scrubby trees.
ย Sakarya's mansion (white, square, and imposing) was perched on a sort of hillock (artificial, and artificially green) just south of the store.
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โYes, sir,โ said Zoรซ and went off to fetch Bursa-Sakarya. Wash went back to the bridge, Kaylee to the engine room.
The doctor said, โIโll go see to it Jayne is secured,โ and headed toward the med bay.
โDonโt worry,โ said River. โSheโll be back,โ and turned to follow her brother, leaving Mal alone with the fed.
โMust be hard,โ said Kit. โHe used to be one of the good guys, which makes it much worse. Iโm impressed you didnโt kill him.โ
โIโm just proud as a papa of that.โ
โAnd,โ continued the fed, โhere I am, and I used to be one of the bad guys.โ
โStill are, in my book.โ
โIs that right? Let me ask you something, Captain Reynolds. During the first two years of the war, ninety-five percent of the Alliance forces were volunteers. After that, they still made up the heart of the army. What do you suppose made them volunteer?โ
โCouldnโt say.โ
โYou donโt think maybe they believed in what they were fighting for?โ
โMaybe so. Folk been wrong about things before, believed it was okay to tell other folk how to live. Nothing new there.โ
โAnd maybe they thought it would be a good idea to stop the Sakaryas in the โverse. And maybe they were right.โ
โYou worry about right, Agent Merlyn, and keep fixing the โverse. I got to fix my boat.โ
โGood luck with that,โ he said.
Zoรซ showed up then, one arm on the shackled prisoner. Mal looked him in the eye. โGot anything to say, Colonel?โ
Bursa met his eye. โItโs what happens when you lose everything,โ he said.
โNot always,โ said Mal. โSometimes you find a new thing.โ
The fed took hold of the prisoner, and led him down the ramp. Mal walked over and punched the button; the ramp raised, and the world of Hera vanished from sight. As the airlock closed, Washโs voice came over the speaker: โStrap in, everyone. Weโre off the ground in two minutes, and weโre still in rough shape.โ
โIt could be bumpy,โ said Zoรซ.
Mal looked at her. She looked back at him. โJust trying to save you the trouble, sir; you must be tired of saying that.โ
They walked back toward the heart of Serenity.
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