The couple in the room jerked away from each other in chaotic motions, giving Logan a chance to close the door and dash down the hallway some distance...before other people started rushing down towards him. He waited until Major Danielson and Erol emerged from the room, looking more or less professional. “Status!” the woman yelled to a man who’d stopped just outside the room’s door.“Ten minutes out, no warnings. Outpost spotted. Infantry, a company. They may be mortars, and ... Major ... they. I wasn’t sure if you liked me or not, so I just gave up,” she said with a hurt look on her face.I sat there with my mouth open stunned like someone slapped me in the back of the head with a basketball. Lisa Montero just confessed to me that she was interested in me and not as Chad now but Squirt back then. Sitting there unable to formulate the right words to say I just reached out and caressed the top of her hand which brought out a small smile from her.“I – I had no idea,” I admitted. However, the woman did not need to know any of this. So I decided to take my little window shopping session to the next level. Do you think I could spend a little time with one of them? I asked as I gestured to the father/son team I had only just fantasized about. You know, to see if we get along, I added. The woman immediately nodded and pulled out a set of keys. Mere seconds later, the son had been taken out of the cage. I crouched before him and reached out to pet him. But before I could,. He knows I would send word as soon as there was one." My lord, he's worried..." I'm worried too. But we're too far from home to be sending messengers back and forth at top speed just to check up." Iordan glanced around and then said, "Do you think he might have another reason to be worried he's not telling us?" Another reason..." the captain shrugged. "Do you have a reason you're not telling me?"The prince sighed, said, "The pirates. Don't you think it's a little strange an airship disappears.