Chapter 26
Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.03 AE
Sata'an Forward Operating Base: Earth
Lieutenant Kasib
LT. KASIB
Their base cook had lost a leg and part of his tail in a campaign so long ago, it was longer than Kasib had been alive. But still he served faithfully, as best he could in the kitchen given their limited rations. What else was an old skullcracker to do when his valor had been insufficient to earn a wife?
"Emmer, einkorn, or barley?" the cook asked. [69]
"Is this from the latest annexation?" Kasib asked.
"The batch that came in two days ago," the cook said. "The men say the village gave it up, as pretty as you please."
"I'll take the barley," Kasib said.
"And what about the General, Sir?"
"He'll try the einkorn that Dahaka's unit brought in last night," Kasib said. "W
