Chapter 17
JAVES WAS STILL ANGRY the next morning.
His youth was no excuse for those stuffy men in their stuffy offices to brush him aside. He’d never had anything to do with Viki’s deputy but had no idea why Rodi had gotten that job. The man was an academic, and had no interest in the doga and in the political processes that influenced the Chief Meteorologist’s job.
Since it seemed to be Rodi’s intent to protect his own importance, Javes wasn’t going to get anywhere with him. He was also not going to see the proctor by patiently queuing up.
He got up early and started a fire for cooking breakfast later. Tali was still asleep. She lay on her side, her face relaxed. One hand lay draped over her stomach, the other hung off the mattress. Her hair, dark and thick, spread out over the pillo
