dumb question, she’d just been strung up by robots and they
were surrounded by the bodies of likely everyone she knew.
She closed her eyes, took a breath, and looked at him.
“Who are you, anyway? Where did you come from?”
“I’m-” Up swallowed and wondered why he was feeling
so thick-headed all of a sudden. “I’m Lieutenant Up, from
the Galactic League of Extraterrestrial Exploration. I’m a –
I’m a Starship Ranger. My platoon landed nearby to try and
curb this attack, but I’m afraid we were too late.”
There might have been the chance of a tear in her eye,
but she blinked it away. “I’m Taz,” she said. “Put me down,
I can walk.”
He complied, setting her down as gently as he could. She
still seemed too delicate for words, but her fiery eyes,
taking in the scene around them with a frightening lack of
emotion, told him otherwise. “Walk? Walk where?”
“Wherever you’re going, Starship Ranger,” she said.
“I’m coming with you.”
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