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This passage, narrated by Davidson, takes place after Davidson attempts to escape the Athsheans’ attack on New Java via helicopter. His helicopter crashes, and he runs into a bush to avoid the Athsheans. When they find him anyway, he assumes the surrender position—when Selver attacked him earlier in the novella, he assumed this position inadvertently, but he now knows what he’s doing.
Earlier, Lyubov explained to the colonists that the Athsheans wouldn’t be able to kill someone in the surrender position. This explanation is likely why Davidson is so smug in this passage—he believes that the Athsheans can’t harm him…