As the Geminis led Ves and his small entourage deeper into the interior of the Twin Refuge, both sides carefully scoped each other out during this interval.
Just as Ves was learning more about the Geminis by touring different sections of the voluminous flagship, the crew members along the way also paid a lot of attention to the strangers.
Ves, Minister Shederin and the handful of other Larkinsons tried to maintain a professional demeanor.
Shederin had already briefed everyone on the importance of behaving as impeccably as possible.
Nothing good would come about if they ever openly expressed their disgust or contempt at their hosts.
In fact, one of the biggest reasons why the delegation from the Larkinsons was so small was because there weren't many of them that could control their reactions!
