“That was an impressive display.”
I turned to the speaker, finding the minister and her aide. “Thank you.” I didn’t know what else to say. My knees were a little rubbery and I gestured toward a chair near the big table. Xen came with me and I sat to rest. It wasn’t as bad as some of our jumps, but it was draining.
“We should talk,” the minister said. Amblin and Daria joined us at the table. The others all wandered back to the corner of the tent where I had found them earlier.
Minister Brek took the head of the table, holding out her hand for something. Her aide set a tablet in her hand. “It is fortunate that you have arrived now. We are preparing our next assault on Meerat. The Kabeshi army has taken back the downtown district and the city south. We want to push the Kabeshi army out onc
