"Wha-!? Talk about rude!" Huffed Valaque, glaring at me.
"Rude? What do you mean, I thought it was a pretty valid question," I replied, nodding at the crater.
"I don't like this kid, he's a smart-ass. You need to like, apologize or something!"
This is the guy who's been leading The Empire, seriously? I glanced at the Retribution Tier members. I couldn't quite read Lagusa's expression, but some of the others looked nervous, namely Azeria, Rion and Rex. Presde looked just as sleep-deprived as the last time I saw him...or maybe even more than before. Hacte was glaring at me, no surprise there, and Kuua just looked excited...in a bloodlusty kinda way.
