All the officers of the Thanatos crew were surprised, Eneas had summoned them just the morning after their wedding day. It was an official meeting, an order, so no matter how hungover, no matter how tired they were, everyone was there ready for whatever their commanding officer ordered them to do.
It is true that they were on leave, but even at his own wedding Eneas had planned a counterespionage operation, so anything was possible.
Eneas was on the podium in the conference room of the captain-general building. He was not dressed in civilian clothes as a newlywed was supposed to. He was wearing his impeccable officer's uniform, and a detail that did not escape anyone, since Eneas was not a person who liked to show off on his chest, he was wearing all the multiple medals that he had won during the war in even when he was a simple cadet
