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“. . . but I do want to clear something up, because it’s this—rumor? legend? misinformation? Anyway, it’s wrong is what it is. What happened is the rig we were using was actually a decommissioned krat military module. A unit with combat capacity. Which, we discovered in the heat of things, was still operational. That is, weapons still charged. What didn’t happen was that Aunuum and I jerry-rigged a simple mining craft to make our stand with. We might be heroes—though I’m not saying it—but what we aren’t is superheroes. Not miracle makers. Just people. A human person, and a