“So the ships blasted away, slowly peeling the station apart. It took hours and I had a front row seat for the whole thing. They were worried about pirate ships returning so most of our fighters were deployed. I got to watch as the station was slowly melted and destroyed.”
“What about the pirates who were still on board?” asked Jess.
“They died,” Clay replied flatly. “A few tried to surrender, but the admiral wasn’t having it.”
“Typical Empire,” said North.
“Do you want me to start listing the things I’ve seen pirates do?”
“This isn’t helping,” Zeek said. “That’s in the past. Concentrate on now. Clay isn’t with the Empire anymore and North isn’t a pirate. Both of you have proven your intentions are good many times over now.”
Clay and North paused for a moment, then each nodde
