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"Don't worry. I'm keeping my eye on that bastard."

"Good to hear it," says Stevo. "But I need to know you'll do what's necessary. If he keeps pushing us like this, if he keeps losing his cool, he's putting the whole expedition at risk. You might need to take steps. You might need to shoot him."

"Don't worry, Stevo. I'm already planning for that contingency."

Course you are, OafarBurea. You know what's what. Just checking that you were on it, that's all."

And then suddenly Zhu appears, looming out of the snow, a look of deranged fury on his face. He really doesn't look well. Dark rings shadow his eyes; his face is a sickly pallor; he's sweating and his eyes are wild.

"You think I can't hear you?" he screams. "You're planning to shoot me? Traitors all around! I can't trust any of you!"