Chapter 4Arie never realized how loud his shower really was until he was on the outside of the room, forced to listen to the general use the facilities to clean up. Each droplet battered against his senses, knotting the muscles in his neck as he hunched over his console. He needed to concentrate on his analysis, not let his thoughts wander to the man less than ten feet away. The questions he needed answered about the LTF’s motivations were more important than his curiosity about someone who’d planned on being dead at this point.
His fingers paused over the keyboard. That level of sacrifice for the sake of a conviction seemed alien at first glance, but the more he thought about it, the more he understood. By joining the LTF, he’d been willing to lay down his life in order to preserve Therl
