“Ah, booking prisoners. I think. Why?”
“He will assist you in finding evidence on Ziyn,”Qa’a answered.
Holy shit!“My father isn’t psychic, and he won’t be able to understand you. Please don’t eat him, if he shoots at you.”
“His disability is easily fixed.”Qa’a vanished from my mind.
I grabbed Kaelen’s arm.“What did Qa’a mean by that?”
“He will give your father the ability to mind speak.”
Blowing out a long breath, I sagged in relief.“Okay. Dad will like that.”
One of Kaelen’s warrior’s braids fell to the floor. I stared at it in horror, then examined his head. Oh, my, God. Half of his warrior’s braids were missing.“Ah, sweetie, I think some of Gael’s gastric juices got on your hair.”
“What?”He felt his head and frowned at the gunk on his hands.
Since I didn’t have a mirror, I did the next best thing. I gave him a mental review of his hair.
Kaelen grimaced.
“Sorry.”Warrior braids were a sign of rank and proficiency in battle.
Another braid fell to the floor.
“Before you end up bald, let me cut your hair.”
Kaelen gave me a get serious look.
“I cut my dad’s hair all the time and I do a good job, if I say so myself.”I pulled my boot knife.“Your choice. Bald or short?”
“Short.”
“Yes, sir.”I quickly hacked off all the damaged hair. Dang, it was now a bit longer than Dad’s military cut.“Once I get access to some scissors, I’ll trim it up for you.”
He stared at the black hair covering the floor for a long moment.
“It’ll grow back, sweetie.”
The command console beeped.
Kaelen’s fingers flew across the keyboard and he cursed viciously.“The Tai-Kok high command is trying to contact this ship.”
“Can’t we just ignore them?”
“No. All of their ships are equipped with a remote self-destruct switch.”
A knot of apprehension formed in my gut. “Can you disable it?”
“I can try.”Kaelen grabbed me and teleported. Poof! We appeared in what looked like the engine room.
“What can I do to help?”
“Drop your shields and link with me. I need to share my knowledge with you.”
Huh?“Just to be clear, you want to merge our minds and what you know, I’ll know?”
“Yes.”
