When she released him he sank to the deck in a EROTIC PERSONNELS dizzy stupor. She poked
around Okita's body, checking pulse points and damages. Her lips thinned
ironically. "Huh. Broken neck." She sighed, and stood regarding EROTIC PERSONNELS the corpse
and Ethan with much the same narrow calculation.
"We could just leave him EROTIC PERSONNELS here," she said. "But I rather fancy giving
Colonel Millisor EROTIC PERSONNELS a mystery of his own to solve. I'm tired of being on the
damn defensive, EROTIC PERSONNELS lying low, always one move behind. Have you ever given
thought to the difficulty of getting EROTIC PERSONNELS rid of a body on a space station? I'll
bet Millisor has. Bodies don't bother you, do they? What with your being a
doctor and all,
I mean."
Okita's fixed stare was exactly like EROTIC PERSONNELS that of a dead fish, glassily
reproachful. Ethan swallowed. "EROTIC PERSONNELS I actually never cared much EROTIC PERSONNELS for that end EROTIC PERSONNELS of
the life-cycle," he explained. "Pathology and anatomy and so forth. That's
why I went for Rep work, I guess. It was more, um. hopeful." He paused a
while. His intellect began to crunch on in spite of himself. "Is it hard to
get
rid of a body on a space station? Can't EROTIC PERSONNELS you just shove it out the
nearest airlock, or down an unused lift tube, or something?"
Her eyes were bright with stimulation. "EROTIC PERSONNELS The airlocks are all monitored.
Taking anything out, even an EROTIC PERSONNELS anonymous bundle, leaves a record
in the
computers. And it would last forever out EROTIC PERSONNELS there. Same objection applies to
chopping it EROTIC PERSONNELS up and putting it down an organics disposer. Eighty or so kilos
of high-grade protein leaves too big a blip in the records. Besides, it's
been tried. Very famous murder case, a few years back. The lady's still in
EROTIC PERSONNELS therapy, I believe. It would definitely be noticed."
She flopped down beside him to sit with her chin on her knees, arms
wrapped around her boots and flexing, not rest but nervous EROTIC PERSONNELS energy
EROTIC PERSONNELS contained. "EROTIC PERSONNELS As for stashing it whole anywhere inside the Station-well, the
safety patrols are nothing compared to the ecology cops. There isn't a
cubic centimeter EROTIC PERSONNELS of the Station that doesn't get checked on a regular
schedule. You could keep EROTIC PERSONNELS moving it around, EROTIC PERSONNELS but.
"I think I have a better idea. Yes. Why not? EROTIC PERSONNELS EROTIC PERSONNELS As long as I'm going to
commit a crime, let it be a perfect one. Anything worth doing is worth
doing well, as Admiral Naismith
would say."
She rose to make EROTIC PERSONNELS a wandering circuit of the docking bay, selecting bits
of equipment with the faintly