Before he could say more, Althea urgently asked him:
“You have just spoken of a mission after which my brother resigned… Could you tell me something more?”
“Actually I should tell you nothing but, given the situation, you have a right to know. Captain Eburnis was the security officer for the President of the State’s visit to the Museum of Bluenta, the city of Big Lake. Everything went smoothly, apart from the intervention of a vandal, which however took place at night, when the President had already gone away. Even so, nothing that could affect the Captain’s service status — that’s why his decision is inexplicable.”
Althea was getting increasingly upset: everything she was being told made no sense — her brother would have never behaved like that!
He would have never shot me too. Yet he
