"What the hell was all that about?" Juke asked. "All I heard was a weird hissing language with some 'fucks' in it." The tension hung in the air. I had to say something to break it. "This is nothing. You should see the fit he threw when I told him I wasn't coming to visit for Christmas." Barabas laughed. The mercs looked at him, then back at me. "Family," Curran said, putting his arm around me. "Can't live with them, can't kill them. You ready to go home, baby?" "Sure," I said. Outside I stopped. "I did it again." "I know," he said. "I'm trying." "I know."