“I thought he was dead, but I wanted answers, yes. He killed my father right in front of my eyes. He waited under the polar ice-cap for me to come so he could do it. Waited a year and a half, just the two of them. That's pretty extreme behaviour. So, yeah, I wanted to know how he ended up as he did. I guess, how everything ended up as it did.”
The woman didn't reply for a moment, then seemed to come to a decision. “Given that I know who you are, I'll tell you my name in return. I'm Myrced Iles. I'm a teacher here, nowhere near as exciting as a galactic renegade with superhuman biomechanical enhancements. I'm grateful to you for getting me out of there.”
“I told you that you didn't have a chance against them.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“What's going on upon this planet? If you know who I am, then
