Chapter 8After three days with Arie, Dennick wished he’d had the forethought to try contacting him prior to coming through the anomaly. All walls were down. Arie asked astute questions about the intentions of both sides, listened with an intensity that was both flattering and hypnotic, and proved relentless in his dogged determination to milk as much out of their time together as he possibly could. Dennick hadn’t encountered a soldier with as much potential as this Therlerian product of the LTF system in his entire military career. How was that for irony? They stayed up late and rose early, learning how to move around each other with growing efficiency to maximize the hours they could spend together. Meals were spent discussing the invasion. Mornings flew by attending Arie’s regular duti