Chapter 56
November – 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
Colonel Mikhail Mannuki'ili
MIKHAIL
Mikhail watched his two lieutenants run the warriors through their paces. Perhaps a more apt description would be he watched Siamek put the warriors through their daily drills, while Pareesa mercilessly beat up the stragglers, forcing the laziest to make up double-time any duty they had shirked by having them do her favorite punishment. Push-ups.
"One hundred eighty-seven, one hundred eighty-eight, one hundred eighty-nine!" Pareesa shouted louder than the most nightmarish drill sergeant his addled memory could not remember.
The little showoff pranced amongst the warriors she commanded, her shawl belted high around her waist like a man's kilt, and sported a brand-new pair of pampooties, leather
