Chapter 12: Change of PlansMarcelo, present day
Marcelo’s eyes had to be as wide as saucers, and he snapped himself back to the here and now when he realized how his face must appear. Efren’s expression looked much the same, with the addition of casting sidelong glances at Marcelo.
Thus was their reaction to the details Stevyn Wythers laid out of the drama on their journey from Sheburat to Zioneven less than two moon cycles earlier.
Stevyn placed his hands on the table. “Any questions?”
Again, Marcelo wasn’t about to insult Stevyn by asking, “Are you sure?” so instead, he shook his head and said, “I wouldn’t have thought I had that in me.”
“Actually,” Efren said, “the more I think about it, the more I’m inclined to recognize that you do indeed have that aptitude within you.”
“Oh?” Ma
