Telixa stood there with her mouth agape, blinking slowly as she tried to decide if this was really happening.. “You’re insane,” she spluttered. “What makes you think I can convince that man to do anything?”
“Because you’re very persuasive,” Anna said. “And because Novol and Edrin will be coming with us. The three of you are going to tell your stories and convince Carmylo that if he and his men stand down, we will show him mercy. Which, we will.”
Anna turned on her heel, pacing over to the window and gazing out on a billion twinkling stars. She could just barely make out a slightly denser region, the distant Galactic Core. Ragnos would be on the other side. “We’re going to let them go home.”
Her friends were all misty shadows gathered behind her. She could sense a few uneasy expressions.
