You know, there may be people left alive on that Alfa . . .” “Too bad,” Moore said. Ryan nodded slowly. “I figured that. I don’t know that I like it, sir, leaving men to die like that.” “Nor do we,” Judge Moore said, “nor do we, but if we were to rescue someone from her, well, then everything we’ve—everything you’ve been through would be for nothing. Would you want that?” “It’s a chance in a thousand anyway,” Greer said. “I don’t know,” Ryan said, finishing off his third drink and feeling it. He had expected Moore to be uninterested in checking the Alfa for signs of life. Greer had surprised
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