羊毛战记 Part 5 The Stranded 67

　　67,　　• Silo 18 •,　　Lukas sat with his mother on the thick jamb of the open server-room door. He looked down at herhands, both of them wrapped around one of his. She let go with one of them and picked a piece of lintoff his shoulder, then cast the offending knot of string away from her precious son.,　　“And you say there’ll be a promotion ¹ in this?” she asked, smoothing the shoulder of hisundershirt.,　　Lukas nodded. “A pretty big one, yeah. ” He looked past her to where Bernard and Sheriff Billingswere standing ² in the hallway, talking in low voices. Bernard had his hands tucked inside the stretchedbelly of his overalls ³. Billings looked down and inspected his gun.,　　“Well, that’s great, sweetheart. It makes it easier to bear you being away.
”,　　“Will you be able to vote? I can’t believe my boy is doing such important things!”,　　Lukas turned to her. “Vote? I thought the election was put off. ”,　　She shook her head. Her face seemed more wrinkled than it had a month ago, her hair whiter.,　　Lukas wondered if that was possible in so brief a time.,　　“It’s back on,
” she said. “This nasty business with those rebels is supposed to be just about over.”,The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级 ，加了薪 。,After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着
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