‘’Yes, Shanandar?’’
‘’Michel, I need to speak directly with your wife. Could you ask Ingrid to arrange a direct connection between me and her? By the way, you will want to listen in on our conversation.’’
‘’I will ask Ingrid to connect you with the KOSTROMA right away. One moment, please.’’
As promised, the image on his tablet soon changed, to show Tina Forster’s head and torso as she sat in her bridge command chair.
‘’Shanandar, how are things on the ground?’’
‘’Rather complicated, Tina. I will now switch to Koorivarese in order to accommodate the Koorivars I found in the village of Wynona.’’
Shanandar then spent a minute to explain the situation he had found in the village, along with passing the request for help from Kravek. Tina listened soberly to his report before nodding her h
