“What Colonel?” said Maja. “What’re you talking about?” “The wedding,” said Sabienn, poking his cuffed hands towards the house. “What wedding?” “Call it through,” said Sabienn. “What’ve you got to lose? Colonel Heddel’s coming.” “Heddel?” called Maja. After a pause and looking at her companions, who were equally bemused, Maja retrieved her device. She moved to the side and mumbled some words including an address into the receiver and awaited advice. As Sabienn watched her, she must have been patched through to another extension. “I’m sorry, and you are?” she said to the person unknown on the device. He watched as her form stiffened to attention in reaction to the voice in her ear. “Eh.. Yes,” she said, looking around nervously. “It’s a playground, Colonel. I can send co-ordinates? OK.

