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““That seemed to be the human pattern—reach out to the unknown and then make it into the sort of thing you left in the first place.””

James S.A. Corey

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“This attack is the greatest tragedy in human history,” Avasarala said. “They want the belt to rise up so they can hide behind the good, decent people who live there? Belters aren’t thugs, and they aren’t murderers, they are men and women who love their children the same as any of us. They are good and evil and wise and…

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