Much of the day involved planning and logistics. Riley would have to catch up with the main fleet where they would be picking up Neej-An’s party and any help they had received from the Sélantu. If he missed them there, he would have to catch up with them where they were to rendezvous with King Romei and his army.
SélantuMitsuko came to him again that night.
“You truly prefer a woman who speaks her mind?” Mitsuko had asked from the circle of his arms.
“When she has one to speak,” Riley grinned. “Unfortunately, that is not always the case, for women or men.”
They held each other until the sky began to lighten and then she went to her own rooms.
First thing that morning, Riley was introduced to the men he would be training on blasters and gave them a demonstration of the weapons they wou
