Still, it can't have been good for him to stay in that house. Before Cruz could say anything the light machine gunner openedup, stitching the enemy and spilling his blood and intestines acrossthe far upstairs wall. Not only did the womenbear children in vast numbers, but every month it seemed new shipsarrived bearing colonists from among the most faithful, the mosttraditional, back on Earth. Perhaps as many as twenty of theattackers went down, some silently, some moaning, still othersscreaming.
When it wasdone, and the maids were clearing the table, Carrera asked the general- no, el Duce - yet again, if he had any further questions. That the country stillhad, despite this, one of the highest literacy rates on Terra Nova wastestament to the value the people placed on education. Uncle Bob in particular expected him to grow up totake over the business. Genocidal terror was all that kept theFederated States and the Volgan Empire from destroying each other and,incidentally, probably us as well.
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