“I can see your point. You seem different.”
LemAN ignored his observation. “This transport is dying. What could it hurt to try to get some answers?”
“Commander, we…have a reply from the Morin transport. They wish to do an open communication.”
“Put it up on the main viewer.”
LemAN took a deep breath. He was preparing himself to face his people’s enemy. He wasn’t prepared for what he saw.
“This is Commander Kayley of the Morinia people. We are requesting assistance in repairing our transport.”
“What in Kitana? It’s a female!” Second Commander BorIS commented.
“This is Commander LemAN of the Katieran nation. Why should we agree to this since you are a known enemy of our people?”
“We are a break off from the Morins. We are called the Morinians. Everyone on board is innocent of the crimes committed against your people. We have mostly females and young on board. If you agree to offer your assistance, I will explain more in detail.”
LemAN was having a hard time believing what he was seeing, a female Morin. How was that possible? It opened up even more questions. There was only one way to get those answers.
“Request granted. A shuttle will arrive in the next half hour with crew who will assess your needs.”
Commander Kayley nodded before ending communications. LemAN turned to BorIS. “I need to speak with you in my ready room.”
He walked off the command bridge with BorIS following him. Once they were alone he turned to BorIS. “I’m going to be going on that shuttle to meet with the commander in person.”
“What if it’s a trap?”
“You will have command of the transport. I trust that you will take care of the crew.”
“Of course.”
“I also have another request. As my friend, I ask that if something happens to me, you look after Teagan. She has come to mean everything to me.”
“Did you claim her?”
“No, not yet. I wanted to give her time to get to know me first.”
BorIS shook his head. “Does she know about LoraLI?”
“Yes. Will you watch over her?”
“I will.”
“Thank you. Now, I need to go let her know where I’m going.”
“I’ll let you know when the shuttle is ready to leave.”
“Very good. I knew I could count on you.”
