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ten report
from Ripley.
The troops were impressed by the damage in the Cargo bay, and more so by the
evidence of colossal force brought to bear on the landing mechanism of the
remaining Dropships forward strut bay. Something had pushed aside atmospheric
plates to make room for itself. Deep claw marks showed where toughened metal
had been torn by hideous forces.
Hicks went to the infirmary and Bishop went down on the next shuttle to the
Hyperdine systems factory for repair. He was evidence, otherwise he'd have
been deactivated and stripped of expensive parts.
Jonesy balefully regarded Ripley with a "Where've you been?" look when Ayako Kataoka
picked up the Tom from a dockside workmate who'd volunteered to look after
him. Newt was excited, she'd never seen let alone held a Cat. Always a
practical Cat, the Orange furball purred at the scratching and attention he
received because it saved him lots of licking and cleaning.
The apartment was tidier than she'd left it, the unobtrusive spindly little
cleaning Robot that sat in a corner had taken care of that. It's job hadn't
been easy lately, trying to figure out what i
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