Human Edge

After the preparations for an invasion, some things needed to be dealt with, and a prisoner was one of them. She knocked on the officer's door, unsure.

There was no response at first, and then a bleary "Mbleergh?"

She enters. "Oh, good morning, Nora. I talked with the boy and he lives on this planet, gave directions and all... However, with the attack we are going to defend under, it would be pretty foolish to return him. What do we do?"

"Uh... you're asking me?"

Nora gazed at her groggily.

After a protracted silence, she said, helpfully. "I guess we take him that way - gets him outta the line of fire, right?"

"I don't know if this place or the town would be safer. He maybe would have no place to stay in the town. So... Get him to the town if he got any uncles or cousins there, and keep him there otherwise?"

"Well... you said his family was out in the countryside? That'd probably be safe, right?"

Nora pushed up her glasses, starting to wake up. It looked like she had fallen asleep on some paperwork and drooled onto it, sticking it to her face.

Pulling it off, she scowled, wiping it with her sleeve.

"Annywayyy, it sounds like you know him best of the crew so far - so what do you think?"

"The Draconis are known for doing screwed up shit. But yeah, I don't think pirates would go out of their way on this end of the galaxy to harass farmers in the Periphery. Did the Captain or the Commander comment on wanting to keep or dismiss him? I received no orders related to the boy personally. Though he is the most inoffensive prisoner I have ever seen."

"I think you are free to take him, if you want. He gave us everything he had - and it isn't like he's someone of diplomatic value."

Nora shrugged. "Not like he did the shooting either."

She chuckles on the idea. "Yeah. Let's take him to his parents then. Have a nice day, Nora." She says, leaving the room, going back to the storage and knocking on the door.

The guard lets her in, and Samuel is where she had left him, by and large.

He'd shifted a few crates and someone had provided a cushion and a blanket, but was currently sitting on top of them, looking at the blue stone.

Glancing up, he pocketed it, and stood. "Doctor. Hello."