I said, “Even if Soviet Texas did okay without it, Kendall has thirty other countries on this list. Someone’s going to react badly.”
Gunfire said, “I’m sure Nirvana is on it.”
“Them. Seattle Sacred. Fearless.” Any nation on Kendall’s list might respond with nukes, or bioweapons, or nanotech. Everybody knew how to build doomsday weapons. Maybe they’d strike Montague facilities across the world, or long-loathed neighbors. Civilization only endures if everyone has equal access to it. We all fly together, or a handful soar until they crash.
I shifted my head to roll another sip of water around my mouth. “We can’t sign on. We won’t surrender. So let’s figure out the mutineers’ weaknesses.”
“Mutiny,” Gunfire said.
“What would you call it?”
Gunfire held his silence for a long moment. “Mutin
