The fleet had scattered back to the hundreds of hidden berths among the
farflung Asteroids. I came awake in a pressurized burrow dug out in
the particular rock Thorsten had chosen for himself and his crew. I'd
been dropped in a corner and searched down to my shorts. There wasn't
anything on me that I could use for a weapon.
Except--no, I caught myself before there was even a quiver in my left
arm. Now wasn't the time to press against my ribs, to try to feel the
almost imperceptible bulge of the singleshot capsule between my ribs.