Chapter 13Max and Tai left the barbershop and headed back to the docks at Istaran. On approach they had seen that the Skylark’s Song was docked, and sent a message to the ship to ask for a meeting, deciding the Kuznetsovs would be the most trustworthy people to contact first. When they arrived and docked, they got a message inviting them to come by at 15:00.
Tai caught Max smiling at him as they walked.
“What?” he asked.
“Your hair looks good,” Max said.
“Yours too,” Tai said. “I look forward to pulling on it later.” He smirked at the blush that brought to Max’s cheeks.
“Behave,” Max said. “We’re on serious business.” He looked at Tai again. He was going to trip over something at this rate. “It’s a good bit shorter,” he remarked.
“Well, you said we should look respectable. And it was
