Evelyn was saying as I piloted the ship up and away from Buchner’s compound. The escorts that had followed us in had emerged behind us again during our departure, but this time they kept a respectful distance, and soon enough they turned back. “He is a powerful and well-respected man within his field, yes,” I said, accelerating up through the atmosphere’s edge and into space. “No, I meant he was pretty strange,” she replied. “Eccentric.” I considered this for a moment, then shrugged. “You have a valid point.” Evelyn was reclined in the copilot’s seat, a set of magnifying goggles on her head and one of my pistols disassembled in her lap. One by one, she picked up each piece, brought it close to her face, and studied the components in detail. When she was finished, she reassembled the weapon with remarkable dexterity and speed. I doubted I could have done it any faster. “It took centuries of research and experimentation,”
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