Ah, that was good.
He scrubbed himself with the small piece of grainy soap and poured water over himself again.
Tali sat watching on the back steps. He had asked her to make tea, but she seemed more preoccupied with staring into the distance. Seriously, he had always thought she was pretty capable, but she’d been useless since he’d discovered her in Pashtan’s house. If only she would just talk, and say what she wanted, or have an opinion on anything.
“Want me to wash you, too, before I make the water dirty with washing the blankets?”
She shook her head.
“Oh, come on, I don’t bite. I’ll go inside and won’t watch if you want.”
She shook her head again. Her gaze was fixed at a spot over his head. Javes turned around and looked—
Big orange clouds billowed in the sky, blocking out the vi
