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gesture in not arresting him immediately was kind, but it was also useless. Knowing the truth of his disobedience, it would be impossible for the men and officers to follow him and unfair to ask it of them.
Lands turned to give the order, only to find his X.O. already heading toward him. "Sir," said Causo.
"I know," said Lands. "I relieve myself of command."
"No sir," said Causo. "Come with me, sir."
"What do you plan to do?" asked Lands.
"The cargo officer has reported something in the main hold of the ship." "What is it?" asked Lands.
Causo just looked at him. Lands nodded, and they walked together from the bridge.
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Jane had taken the box of the starship, not into the weapons bay of the flagship, for that could hold only the Little Doctor, not the box around it, but rather into the main hold, which was much more copious and which also lacked any practical means of relaunching the weapon.
Peter and Wang-mu stepped out of the starship and into the hold.
Then Jane took away the starship, leaving Peter, Wang-mu, and the Little Doctor behind.
Back on Lusitania, the starship would reappear. But no one would get into it. No one needed to. The M.D. Device was no longer heading for Lusitania. Now it was in the hold of the flagship of the Lusitania Fleet, traveling at a relativistic speed toward oblivion. The proximity sensor on the Little Doctor would not be triggered, of course, since it was nowhere near an object of planetary mass. But the timer was still chugging away.
"I hope they notice us soon," said Wang-mu. "Oh, don't worry. We have whole minutes left." "Has anyone seen us yet?"
"There was a fellow in that office," said Peter, pointing toward an open door. "He saw the starship, then he saw us, then he saw the Little Doctor. Now he's gone. I don't think we'll be alone much longer."