“You’ve worked with Belters,” Murtry said. “What do you think of ’em?” “They’re people,” Havelock said. “Some are better than others. I still have friends on Ceres.” “Fine. But what do you think of Belters?” Havelock shifted, the motion setting him drifting up against his restraints as he thought. “They’re insular. Tribal, almost. I think what they have most in common is that they don’t like inner planet types. A Martian can sometimes pass, though. They have the whole low-g physiology thing.” “So mostly they hate Earthers,” Murtry said. “That’s what pulls them together. That thing where
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