Kai observed the Overseer, his neck craning up slightly as the lanky being loomed over him from his position on the ground. He could not claim to be any expert in alien body language, but he was fairly certain the Evangi's fingers thrumming against her torso was not a sign of contentment. Despite their limited interactions and the circumstances, Kai rather liked the alien and had no desire to antagonize her, but his priorities were as they were. He ardently wished that events had followed another course rather than the comedy of errors and misunderstandings that led them to the current impasse. The elongated digits on her four hands stopped their movement and the X-shaped pattern on her face flashed between a few colors. The pattern settled on blue and her head turned as she stared into t

