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On Tycho, Fred Johnson and Bull are discussing the gunships that Fred is building for the OPA, which Bull disapproves of. Charles says he spent the happiest years of his life in this house with Lydia, but now he has to leave as the house belongs to a man named Erich who let Lydia stay in it.

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He tells Charles that Lydia taught him how to save himself, and he thanks Charles for being with her.

Amos replies with something that Lydia told him: Float to the top or sink to the bottom, everything in the middle is the churn. Charles knows that Amos was born into Lydia's world and that she worried they would use him up until there was nothing left. Charles didn't know exactly what she did and didn't care because you can't judge people for the things they do to make ends meet, but Amos replies that sometimes you can. Amos backs down and accepts Charles' invitation for tea.Ĭharles and Amos sit down and talk about Lydia. Charles breaks down, wondering what he is going to do without her. Amos asks if Lydia was happy, and Charles says he doesn't know because she kept a lot to herself, but he thinks she was. He tells Amos that if he needs to beat Charles up to make himself feel better about abandoning Lydia, then he should do it. Amos asks him how she died, and Charles is upset, as Lydia had spent every moment waiting for Amos to return and now he has nothing else to say, but Amos threatens him and he says it was an aneurysm in her sleep. Amos disregards his outstretched hand and asks him if he was good to her, to which Charles retorts that they were good to each other. Amos asks him how long he knew Lydia, and he says he had been living with her for the last ten years, introducing himself as Charles.

The apartment's furniture is covered or displaced, and it seems the old man is about to move. He lets Amos into the apartment, calling him 'Timothy.' At first he doesn't recognize Amos and seems frightened, but eventually he realizes he is here for Lydia. He walks to an apartment building and knocks on a door inside, to be greeted by an old man. Walking through the crowd, he sees a woman comforting a young boy and wiping the blood off his face. On Earth, Amos arrives in a crowded and seedy area in Baltimore. The mood shifts when she informs them that the ship is the Tynan, Klaes Ashford's ship. The Belter crew/family rejoice at the good day that they have had, until they pick up on a seemingly abandoned ship nearby and show it to Drummer. She keeps working until Oksana, her second in command, persuades her to sit at the table with the rest, as victories in life are few and should be celebrated lest they go unmarked. The captain of the colonist's ship, April Molina, is furious that the pirates and Drummer's faction took everything from them, but Drummer cuts her off emphasizing that they didn't take everything before closing the channel. While they set the table, Drummer claims her bounty from the now compliant pirate and proclaims that she has control of the area now, before messaging the colonists and letting them know she has sent their call for help to a UN ship and they should arrive in a few days. As they try to power back up, Drummer gives them a chance at diplomacy but orders her crew to kill them if they target-lock again.Īfter their victory, the crew, which is a polyamorous family of Belters, are gathering around a table to celebrate. When Drummer's ship gets target-locked by the pirates, she orders the nearby Mowteng into action which launches a salvo of missiles hitting the pirate ship, incapacitating it without destroying it. Drummer demands a part of the pirate's gains and that no prisoners be harmed without her permission, but the pirate disregards her warnings arguing that the former controlling faction, the Sohiros, is gone and he doesn't recognize any claims to the territory. The message is interrupted by a tightbeam from a Belter pirate telling Drummer to back off his bounty. They have been attacked and are asking for assistance proclaiming that they are unarmed.

In the Belt, Camina Drummer's ship responds to a distress call by a colony vessel, Sulaiman Al Mahri.

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