That evening, Ves finally returned to his quarters in the compound assigned to the Tovar Peace Delegation. While his stomach was filled with sumptuous food, his mind felt distressingly empty.
It took every bit of concentration and attentiveness to resist Venerable Foster's scathing remarks and accusations.
As Ves sat on his bed, he tried to figure out how she came to be here. From her various remarks, he got the sense that while she and some of her fellow Vesian officers managed to escape from Aeon Corona VII alive and with their mission objective, much of the Vesian ground forces failed to extract in time.
"The Hostland Warriors and the Meandering Monkeys demand an account from you!" She burst out once during the conversation, unintentionally spilling some information that she shouldn't have among unrelated people.
Not that anyone would punish her for it. She was a young and promising expert pilot who also earned a lot of merit in the Mech Legion.
