“He doesn’t know who to trust, is more like it. I told him, on our last conversation to come here, but he’s scared. He doesn’t want to bring attention to himself by leaving,” Nug softly said. “I could go there, and no one would think twice about it.”
“What does your brother do at Brais?” Krerr asked.
Nug answered, “He’s a messenger for the Caliph.”
“A messenger? I don’t understand,” Spencer said in confusion.
“The clutch house is really big, and has about a hundred more Nakaka living on the mountain than the one we have here, and not everyone lives in the main house. When the Caliph needs to
get a private message to one of his people, he sends Nub with the message and vice versa,” Nug answered.
“Isn’t that what phones are for?” Spencer said, with a laugh.
Shaking his head, Nu
