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  1. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    Fred launched himself at Dawes, pushing out with numbed legs, and Dawes scuttled back. Fred landed on the deck hard. The world grayed out for a second, and he tasted blood. He struggled forward, trying to get at Dawes's feet with his teeth if that was the best he could manage.
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  2. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    So I think to myself," the bartender said, reaching back toward the glassware by the mirror, "you're here for something. The Butcher of Anderson Station in a Belter bar.
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  3. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    You've been spending a lot of time in Belter bars, Colonel. Someone might think you were looking for something." "Dawes?" "Fred?" "I've been through better interrogation training than you'll ever see. You want to build rapport? Go for it. Talk for a while, take my shackles off, start telling me that you can save me if I just tell you what I know. And then I'll rip your eyes out and skull-fuck you. You understand?" "I do," Dawes said, not missing a beat. "So tell me, Fred. What happened to you on Anderson Station?
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  4. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    Fred's vacuum-rated armor protected him from the smell of viscera, but it reported it to him as a slight increase in atmospheric methane levels. The stench of death reduced to a data point.
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  5. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    His lieutenant chuckled. "Here, kiddies," the lieutenant said. "We blew the shit out of your station, have some free MREs and UN Marine sticker books." Fred didn't laugh.
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  6. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    The problem with you is that you are wasteful." "I'm not a fucking coward," Fred said through his rapidly swelling lip. "Of course you are. You're smart, you're healthy. Maybe a few hundred people out of forty billion have your combination of talent and training. And you're trying to waste that very valuable resource.
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  7. James S.A. Corey _ The Butcher of Anderson

    Fred's vacuum-rated armor protected him from the smell of viscera, but it reported it to him as a slight increase in atmospheric methane levels. The stench of death reduced to a data point."
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