I only meant to give them the highlights, but the further I got into my story the more I found myself talking more about my friends on Daoine and everything that had happened to us over the last two years. It started out lightheartedly, talking about some of the mischief Rispan got us into during our training, and Katya and Grace laughed about it with me.
I didn’t go into detail on everything, and some parts were hard to tell. The telling of it was therapeutic, though; I needed to tell it.
The loss of my friends from military training, Tarana, Kooras and Kirsat, was hard enough. I still felt so raw about Mooren. And then as I told it, I heard Farukan’s final words in my head again and I had to stop and refill my glass while I composed myself. Tears flowed freely as I described Laila’s sa
