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" Oh, dear," Sophia said, looking through the binos. "What happens in the compartment, stays in the compartment. What happens in the...Oh, screw that!"
"It's not his fault!"
Lee Ann McGregor was just turned twelve and an orphan. Also extremely pregnant. She was shivering under a blanket in the relative cool of the saloon, drinking tomato soup as if it was nectar and arguing to spare the life of the young man sitting next to her.
The hangdog young man in question, Kevin White, was seventeen. And currently surrounded by women who were looking at him like a zombie that was in their targeting reticle. Wisely, he was keeping his mouth shut. "
― John Ringo , Islands of Rage & Hope (Black Tide Rising, #3)
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" Permission to speak, sir?" the chief of boat of the Alexandria said.
"When do you ask, COB?" Vancel replied. "Sure."
"Hate the situation that we're in, sir," the COB said. "Really getting to hate fish. Don't want to think about what's happened ashore, sir. But this Wolf Squadron thing is like the best soap opera ever."
"And turns out she got knocked up by sitting where the guy had spewed in his sleep!"
"No fuckin' way!"
"That has got to be the lamest excuse ever! 'No, seriously, Mom, I got pregnant from a life raft deck! "
― John Ringo , Islands of Rage & Hope (Black Tide Rising, #3)
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" So he's right?" Sophia said.
"From what I've read, yes. That was known back when you were...Never mind...Just...Technically he is right. Over."
"Ick," Sophia said. "I just...Maybe calling you wasn't the best choice, Da. Over."
"I'm glad you did. We never get to talk. But, I've got to get this straight. This Walker guy thinks she got pregnant from involuntary emissions on the damp bottom of a lifeboat? Over."
"Yes," Sophia said. "She's...virgo intacta. And they're both...Like Olga said, only virgins could be that incoherent about it. Over."
"You're not particularly incoherent about it, over."
"You've been talking to us about it since we were kids in one way or another," Sophia said. "And let's just say this cruise has been a real eye-opener."
"I'd say sorry but I didn't start the Plague. Okay, Walker. What's his medical background, over?"
"I'm not sure," Sophia said. "He said he took a course once that included advanced midwifery. I'm not even sure what that means except it has to do with delivering babies."
"God knows we're going to need it. Okay, I'm going to get the CDC to call you and see if they can confirm what you've said. I'm also going to pass this around in the official news bulletin. Over."
"Uh, isn't this a little private, Da?" Sophia asked.
"Well, it's that or every little old lady on the Boadicea will be beating him with their canes. Squadron, out. "
― John Ringo , Islands of Rage & Hope (Black Tide Rising, #3)
