The boy will be thinking, ‘why am I here?’ knowing it’s too late to withdraw his participation. Younger boys, such as 790, will already be findi...g it a total head fuck, having spent their arrival night in the close confines of the slave cell. At 08.41, 790 finished moving the ‘greens’ to the store and the ‘reds’ to the yard. As he placed the final block, he looked back at me, sheepish and unsure. Job done, yes?I stayed in my seat, noting ‘101 minutes’ in my log book. 790 shuffled in the yard,. The AI had already indicated that Ajabu had tested as a sponsor and was acceptable for extraction. She paused and formally asked, "Do you, Ajabu Adobora, volunteer for service with the Confederacy?" Yes I do," Ajabu replied, equally formally."Acknowledged and recorded," came the voice of the AI."Navy or Marines?" Marines please, sir," Ajabu answered without hesitation. She had seen some of what the Swarm had done to her country and she wanted to get close to them, so she could see them die.. She wrote back that she was coming down soon and would see me then. She was going to come down on first of September as she was going to take her mother to a show in Toronto. So I anxiously waited for her to come. She arrived the afternoon of the first and came down to say hi to me. I gave her a big hug, which lasted a bit longer than usual. I told her I was really happy to see her and that I wished I could see her more often. She smiled and said she was sorry and she would try to get down to. "Take them both to the palace in Aetia." Not the prison Milady?" Marci asked surprised as she stepped forward.Isabella shook her head. "They will be safer at the palace. For now. Have the Admiral dispatch two Lochi from NORMYA'S LIGHT to provide additional security. We knew there were two from the Venorik Elghinn with him, and we have only killed one. That means the other is still on Elear somewhere. Until he is either killed or captured, my brother remains under heavy guard."Marci nodded and.