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but only after the ship had been secured and was no longer a threat. “Take Deian with you. He can work magic with ship systems,” he added.
“Yes, sir. Karo, I recommend that you stay here in the Medical Center where we can monitor you. I don’t think you’ll experience any adverse effects, but without knowing more about your race I can’t be sure.”
How is this possible? Karo stood silent, somewhat frightened by the events unfolding.
“Karo, please try not to worry,” Jayda reassured him. He looked at her and saw compassion and empathy on her face. “Arathians may have never met your people, but our search is far from done. I’ll elicit help from other races. We’ll find them, undo any damage you sustained, and help you get home.”
She made it sound so easy.
“But my ship… even if I knew which direction to go, my ship is in no shape to get me there.”
Lukas interjected, “We’re responsible for the damage it sustained, so we’ll help with that too. I’ll assign a repair team to see what we can do about getting you a new propulsion drive.”
“Are you sure General Bogaard will agree to that?”
Lukas and Jayda shared a look. “You let us handle him.”
“Right now let’s worry about repairing your cellular damage,” Doctor Notani added. “That’s the most pressing issue; then you can concentrate on all the rest.”
Karo nodded as relief flowed over him for the first time in many years. Maybe his long voyage was going to be coming to an end. Surely he’d given the Department of Space enough time and information about the galaxy to warrant him coming home.
When they found his homeworld, he might even be able to talk to his family. It had been several years since he’d gotten a response from anyone, so he was eager to hear any news. The prospect of speaking with his mother, father, and Reus made him feel much better about his current predicament.
As the doctors got to work developing a treatment, he was given a semi-private room on one side of the Medical Center. He had a change of clothes, a device attached to his chest to monitor his body’s systems, and a bed much larger than the one he had upon his ship. There were also two guards stationed at the entrance to his room, and a door that was made out of some invisible barrier that had to be lowered before the medical staff could enter or exit. The only privacy was the small chamber to the side that contained a toilet and cleansing stall.
Could be worse, Karo thought to himself.
“We’ll come by later to check on you,” Jayda told him. “Try to get some rest.”
Karo bowed politely. “Thank you, Princess. I appreciate the help your people have given me.”
She smiled. “You’re welcome. But please, call me Jayda. See you soon.”
Lukas lifted his hand in goodbye, and Karo copied the gesture. He sat heavily upon the bed and tried to be grateful for the day’s events.
Hopefully he’d be going home soon.
CHAPTER 9
“You’re right. I couldn’t handle being alone in space.”
Aevum sat at her console and watched Karincin’s message end on her vid screen. He’d recorded it in the early hours of the morning, and had recited a fairly good apology.
After leaving him at the restaurant she’d spent some time venting into her video journal. He had been so arrogant, and had rebuffed her concerns like one would dismiss the buzzing of an insect. She’d been incredibly offended, especially since his behavior implied that he thought her unintelligent.
Aevum didn’t care that he agreed with her analysis of sending people on solo missions—it wasn’t her goal to bend people to her will—but if they were going to someday Pair Bond, it was important that he respected her as a professional.
He was accustomed to working with technology, where the answers to problems are black and white; her job was all in gray-scale. She had to rely on her research, her observations, and her gut to make the
“Yes, sir. Karo, I recommend that you stay here in the Medical Center where we can monitor you. I don’t think you’ll experience any adverse effects, but without knowing more about your race I can’t be sure.”
How is this possible? Karo stood silent, somewhat frightened by the events unfolding.
“Karo, please try not to worry,” Jayda reassured him. He looked at her and saw compassion and empathy on her face. “Arathians may have never met your people, but our search is far from done. I’ll elicit help from other races. We’ll find them, undo any damage you sustained, and help you get home.”
She made it sound so easy.
“But my ship… even if I knew which direction to go, my ship is in no shape to get me there.”
Lukas interjected, “We’re responsible for the damage it sustained, so we’ll help with that too. I’ll assign a repair team to see what we can do about getting you a new propulsion drive.”
“Are you sure General Bogaard will agree to that?”
Lukas and Jayda shared a look. “You let us handle him.”
“Right now let’s worry about repairing your cellular damage,” Doctor Notani added. “That’s the most pressing issue; then you can concentrate on all the rest.”
Karo nodded as relief flowed over him for the first time in many years. Maybe his long voyage was going to be coming to an end. Surely he’d given the Department of Space enough time and information about the galaxy to warrant him coming home.
When they found his homeworld, he might even be able to talk to his family. It had been several years since he’d gotten a response from anyone, so he was eager to hear any news. The prospect of speaking with his mother, father, and Reus made him feel much better about his current predicament.
As the doctors got to work developing a treatment, he was given a semi-private room on one side of the Medical Center. He had a change of clothes, a device attached to his chest to monitor his body’s systems, and a bed much larger than the one he had upon his ship. There were also two guards stationed at the entrance to his room, and a door that was made out of some invisible barrier that had to be lowered before the medical staff could enter or exit. The only privacy was the small chamber to the side that contained a toilet and cleansing stall.
Could be worse, Karo thought to himself.
“We’ll come by later to check on you,” Jayda told him. “Try to get some rest.”
Karo bowed politely. “Thank you, Princess. I appreciate the help your people have given me.”
She smiled. “You’re welcome. But please, call me Jayda. See you soon.”
Lukas lifted his hand in goodbye, and Karo copied the gesture. He sat heavily upon the bed and tried to be grateful for the day’s events.
Hopefully he’d be going home soon.
CHAPTER 9
“You’re right. I couldn’t handle being alone in space.”
Aevum sat at her console and watched Karincin’s message end on her vid screen. He’d recorded it in the early hours of the morning, and had recited a fairly good apology.
After leaving him at the restaurant she’d spent some time venting into her video journal. He had been so arrogant, and had rebuffed her concerns like one would dismiss the buzzing of an insect. She’d been incredibly offended, especially since his behavior implied that he thought her unintelligent.
Aevum didn’t care that he agreed with her analysis of sending people on solo missions—it wasn’t her goal to bend people to her will—but if they were going to someday Pair Bond, it was important that he respected her as a professional.
He was accustomed to working with technology, where the answers to problems are black and white; her job was all in gray-scale. She had to rely on her research, her observations, and her gut to make the
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