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The rest of his company had stayedbehind, guarding the pass through which the group would escape after completing their mission. The Tauran troops—he could see they hadTauran vehicles in the glow from the fire—had been spoiled, it seemed, by no contact this far intoPashtia in years. The laser topside, blown off by the near miss of a cruise missile, wasreplaced, as was every wrecked forty- and twenty-millimeter cannon, and . He'd wanted the boys of this first military school to have the lesson always before them: Thisis defeat; avoid it.

Retribution is for little people. Oh, the films. t,F],%20advance%20reader%20copy)/A1416573836__23. Thank you muchly, Mister Farmer, he muttered.