Salvation Lost (Salvation Sequence #2)

by Peter F. Hamilton

He still wanted the fight, but these days he could certainly appreciate the immorality which arose from that lack of choice. It just didn’t bother him as much as it did her. He supposed that was because he believed in the coming war, and that afterwards they’d either be dead or free to live however they wanted. She called that fatalism – when she was being kind.

that’s when you . . . sent Uma and Doony away. That’s why, isn’t it?’ ‘Sent them away! I killed them, Del. My own muncs. Tonight is not euphemism night.’

‘I appreciate that was your first thought. It’s very sweet, if totally misplaced.’ ‘That just about sums me up.’

‘All right. But be careful.’ ‘Middle name.’

There was a long pause. ‘I do not think I fully comprehend human psychology,’ Fintox announced.