Chapter Twenty-Nine
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT FIGHT, and when we were sure the danger had been averted, we helped the Barresh guards with the cleanup.
By this time, the new day dawned on the devastation.
Five gyrocopters were brought down. Two by us and three by the council guards and the Thousand Island Pengali.
Twenty-six people were killed, two guards, the rest Pengali, mostly Washing Stones and Misty Forest.
The train line to the gamra island was damaged, not destroyed. Engineers said it would take a few days to fix.
We went to the council building and made report after report while attempting to remain diplomatic about the relentless questions. Who were the cause of the conflict? Did it have anything to do with the council building programs? Why did the Washing Stones tribe not a
