Chapter 98
End-June - 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
Colonel Mikhail Mannuki’ili
MIKHAIL
As much as he wanted to take to the sky, the goat needed water, so he flew to the well, carrying three clanking wooden buckets. Since he hadn't yet mastered the art of flying without slopping water all over himself, he decided to walk back. As he walked, he greeted the humans who, only yesterday, had been so frightened of Jamin that they'd been willing to let him get kicked out.
A slender girl fell into step behind him. Usually she hop-skipped, but today her goatskin pampooties stomped heavily against the earth; her young, strong shoulders slouched forward.
Mikhail slowed down—only a little—Pareesa hated it when he patronized her, and let her catch up.
“Shouldn’t you be at warrior practice?”
