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twosomes and were not on another’s list. He said, “One of you said that the findings on this battle will probably not apply to the next attack we have to make. Which of you made that statement?” Talel and Admiral Geeron stood up. Michael smiled. The difference between the Goran and Bird was striking. The Audon was a foot taller than the Goran and its green plumage was beautiful as it changed color as the lights hit it. It was obvious the Audon evolved from a bird-of-prey. Its hooked beak and claws were clear evidence of that, “Why do you feel this way?”
    Geeron’s tail went up and he said, “Talel suggested the idea and after a few questions, I found I had to agree with his assessment.”
    Michael looked at Talel, “Share with us what you’re thinking.”
    Talel nodded and began broadcasting his thoughts, “I remained at the planet after all of our ships left and waited to see what was going to happen. I didn’t see in the recording where the Sentinel went down to the planet and confronted the Elder Legend.”
    Michael held up his hand for Talel to wait and he looked at Admiral Jekins, “What about that, Jinks?”
    “Sir, I don’t have any information about that happening.”
    Michael looked up, “Pat? Do you know about this?”
    “I was the one that went down to the planet.”
    “Why did you do that?”
    “Piper pointed out before we skipped out that all of the defense installations on the continent where the Legends’ Residence was located were destroyed in the blast of the ship. He said there wasn’t anything to prevent me from going down to the planet. I took a look around and saw he was right. So, I went and paid him a visit.”
    The Admirals began speaking among themselves and Luke said, “Silence, please.”
    The room grew silent and Michael said, “What happened?”
    “I confronted the Elder and he nearly died from his panic. He screamed and I shocked him slightly to shut him up.”
    “You didn’t kill him?”
    “No, it would have been a waste of energy. He was so petrified with fear that I thought allowing him to live might give the others pause before they undertook another attack. I warned him that if any of his species planned to come to my domain without permission, I would come and kill them.”
    Michael looked at Luke and saw him shrug. Michael blew out a breath and knew something else must have happened. He turned to Talel, “I guess you saw something that has caused you some concern.”
    Talel smiled, “You are very astute, First Commander. I stayed until another Elder contacted the one that Pat shocked and it determined that Pat was right, that particular Elder would never do anything to confront us again. Its fear ruled its emotions. I sensed that it had probably gone insane from the contact with Pat.”
    “But?”
    “The Legend that attempted to communicate with it contacted other Elders and they were all frightened by what had happened to it. Their fear led them to all agree that the danger we represented would have to be eliminated.”
    “Is this why you say what we learned in this attack won’t serve us in the next one?”
    “It is. They all agreed that the new warships will no longer be built near one of their planets. They intend to select a distant location to build those ships and the ships will be delivered to them all at one time before they commence the construction of the new Black Ships that will replace the current ships defending their planets.”
    “Were you able to find out the location where they’re going to build them?”
    “All of them agreed that the location would be a secret and that the one chosen to build them will leave immediately and tell no one where it’s going.”
    “I should have just killed it.”
    Michael shook his head and then nodded, “Talel, do you think Pat’s visit is what prompted them to come up with this plan?”
    “They were frightened beyond anyone I’ve ever seen. It was the way Pat treated the Elder with a callous