To my surprise, the remainder of my day had gone as well as it could. All exercises as planned. No major conflict between the men. And, even more surprising had been the end of the conversation with Brayden. Despite his initial reluctance, he agreed after some persuasion that some of the items on his list were going to be difficult for me to prove. So, given the short timeframe we were now working with, he agreed to trust me, or as close to trust as a man like him was able to. He was still demanding as much proof as I could provide, but he had accepted that it may not be possible with all the levels of betrayal he was expecting, so he said, if most, if not all, of the other levels were met, then he would agree to take my word on the others. Why the man thought so badly of Raven I do not kn
