Chapter 16After quickly taking care of his routine Company chores in the morning, Markus went to look for Lichende to bring him to the conference room. They went into the room and pulled up chairs to the map table. Troy had some paper and a pen to make notes, and Markus poured out mugs of water. Markus was trying hard not to let himself be overwhelmed by the situation that had so unexpectedly developed. He knew what Lichende would be expecting, but he didn’t know what he wanted to do about it.
“Before we go on to make any decisions, we need to know how you got here Lichende,” said Troy, ever practical. “Markus can’t remember how he was brought from Clarionye to Yvet, but presumably you can—you weren’t concussed and flogged and dragged here in chains.”
“Yes, I can tell you how I here arri
