Chapter 17
"Still no guns?" Donagh glanced up.
Kali shook his head. "You're on a mission to collect our mates from a friendly vessel. Who would go armed for such an expedition?"
"I would," Stani muttered, stepping into his suit. "Especially with her around." He glanced at the door, where Donagh's blood brother Erro had gone to get Captain Crozier.
Kali sighed. "Yes, I know you would, but the pristines wouldn't. That's the important bit."
"Oh." Donagh put down the laser. His face showed disappointment. "Suppose I wasn't made to think."
"You were made to think all right. It's the pristines that aren't thinking," Stani grumbled, now up to doing up his belt.
"Just as well they're not thinking, mate," Jade said from behind the computer. "Or we could never pull this trick. Can you put on
