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Show 54 This tims ths alteration in her face was mors subtle. She continusd to gaze at him firmly, sssming to dsny tha charge without spsaking ths words. "You know him, of course." " C s r t a i n l y , s i r . We met at tha NCO club. And he i s in Captain Bain*s rsadirig group." "Know him w a l l , or is i t an, oh, casual r e l a t i o n s h i p ?" " ' C a s u a l ' ?" "You know what I mean. A casual r e l a t i o n s h i p is - " "Not ssrious." "Right. Ons without a f u t u r s ." Hsr syss hsld his for a momsnt, and then turnsd asids. "Which of us, sir," shs murmursd, "knows about ths future?" And shs turnsd away. With a vagus, feminine gesture she retreated slightly, and putting her hands on har knees bowed in farewell. Than she walked off. Tha afternoon passed in routine duties, and at five he raturnad home, picked up Louiss, and drove off toward Higashi. Louiss pssrsd across the bay, at the mountaintops rising into stssply truncatsd conss. "Why's that one flat?" "Gun smplacsmsnt." "Was Oji bombsd?" "Ones or twics. Nothing much. Knocksd out a building at Shimomura." "Not the Enginssrs?" |