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41 " He shook with another sob, sinking to one knee and realizing that the survival of that one ship – one girl, really – had been for a moment more important than the war itself, or a city’s millions. Then the wind shifted, and Alek breathed in the burnt-meat smells that filled the room behind him. Important enough for him to kill a man, it seemed. "
― Scott Westerfeld , Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
42 " In their infinite wisdom, the Admiralty approved Alek's medal for bravery in the air on the very same day the United States entered the war.The timing seemed suspicious to Deryn, and of course the medal wasn't for anything useful, like shutting down Tesla's weapon to save the Leviathan. Instead Alek was to be decorated for blundering about on the ship's topside during a storm, and for his great skill in falling over and knocking himself silly. That was the Admiralty for you. "
43 " But I’ll do anything in my power to stop them from taking you away.” She took a shuddering breath, then let her eyes fall closed. “Promise?” “Anything. As you said in Tokyo, we’re meant to be together. "
44 " Would the hydrogen catch fire? Alek grasped the edge of the window, hardly feeling the broken glass against his palms. “Deryn” he sobbed. Anything but this. "