"(There are three stages to a battle: First you’re bored. Then you’re terrified. Then you’re dead. Each is necessary, and they must all come in the proper order.)"
— Michael Swanwick

January 1, 1970

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Chapter 14, “Dreadnought” (pp. 248-249)

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Chapter 14, “Dreadnought” (pp. 248-249)