Chapter 19
The captain tugged at his chin. “Was it my imagination, or did Hart sound irritable?” he asked absently.
“He’s your son, Dav,” the chief com tech snapped. “You know him better than I.”
He sighed. Even though he and Shir had an open marriage—theirs hadn’t been a love match, the marriage having been arranged between the captain and the chief com tech before them—she’d never forgiven him for his relationship with the previous chief scout, possibly because it had produced their current chief scout.
“What’s the message?” he asked.
“The supply tender will be arriving shortly. Chief Scout suggests taking a few rest days while he brings in enough fresh meat to tide us over when we arrive at the caves—Do you really think it’s a good idea to take shelter in a cave?”
“We’ll do that t
