“I demand to know what’s going on!” Captain Dasker struggled to free himself of the hands grasping him by the arms. The two sentries holding him looked to the head councilmember of the Quinary standing a few meters away. Sienna saw the man nod, and the captain was released. However, the rest of them remained surrounded and in custody.
Dasker took a moment to collect himself and directly addressed the man. “We’ve broken no rules. We’ve done nothing wrong. So why are we being accosted like this?”
The man pointed to the orange egg. “Because someone in your delegation is a Gaspiel.”
“What is a Gaspiel?” Dasker asked in a calmer voice.
Instead of answering him directly, the K’Stollian studied each of them in the party. The man’s eyes drilled into Sienna and Tobiyasu, specifically. “I sense
