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that I still have some trepidation about them, but I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.”
    I sighed and looked about the ship.  “This is kind of nice.”
    “You’ve seen this ship a lot of other times before, Tibby.  What it makes it seem nicer this time than any other time?”
    I laughed.  “I’m not talking about the ship.  I mean you and I being alone without staff about us or people questioning us, and especially not having Jenira fussing over us constantly.”
    Kala’s look went sober when I mentioned Jenira.  “Tibby, what do you think of Jenira and her idea of us having her women warriors as guards?  Tell me honestly!”
    “I have a lot of concerns about it.  Heck I’ve had nothing but concerns about her since she stopped speaking, and she took up swords.  However, I must say I am impressed with her abilities and her dedication to training.  Both Stonbersa and Marranalis say she is phenomenally good, but she is so young, and I find her feeling that she personally needs to see to our security unnerving.”
    “Tibby, I think you are letting your image of her as a young slave girl override reality.  There are a lot of troopers her age in the Federation military, or at least very close.  We still aren’t sure of her exact age, but Dr. Danjuma believes she is over 17 and could be as old as 19.  There are many young men and women in the military that are 18.”
    I sighed.  “I guess you are right, but I want to see her in action against a trained security team.  I want to know you and our children are as protected as possible.
    “Speaking of our children, how are those little womb renters doing?”  I asked.
    Kala grinned, “They are more like womb wreckers of late.  I think they must be trying to compete with Jenira as fighters because, I swear at times it feels like they are doing martial arts drills in there.  I’ll be glad when they finally decide it’s time to join us here on the outside.”
    “It won’t be long now,” I said, “less than two months, if I recall correctly.”
    “Dr. Danjuma said it might be sooner, but if I carry the full term it will be about six more weeks.”  Just as Kala finished talking, a message came in from our lead escort ship.
    “Admiral Tibby, this is Captain Dolaner on the CRAKREC, we are picking up readings of a large ship moving in from the rim in a direction that will take it to Plosaxen.  Indications are that it’s a Tottalax ship.”
    “What do you estimate its time of arrival there will be?”  I asked.
    “At the moment, our best guess is it will arrive there shortly before we do.”
    “Captain, have your DSC officer contact the NEW ORLEANS and alert them to this development,” and then the thought hit me.  “Do we have any Nibarians in the escort ships?”
    “Negative sir, we were supposed to be getting Nibarian recruits just before Roritat’s attack on the Senate, but after the attack they shipped out on the NEW ORLEANS headed to Plosaxen to serve there.  Your Commodore Stonbersa volunteered to deliver them to the main base on Plosaxen.  Admiral Regeny felt they were needed there more at the moment.  Major Marranalis was intending to train them en route."
    “It’s good they are headed to Plosaxen, and Marranalis is training them, but we may have some difficulties without a Nibarian with our entourage.”
    “If I may ask sir, what advantage would having Nibarians aboard give us that we don’t have at the moment?”
    “We discovered from earlier encounters with the Tottalax that the Nibarians are immune to the effects of their sleep weapon.  If you have a Nibarian onboard trained in flying your ship, they can keep the ship running and in operation while the rest of the crew is unconscious.”
    “I’d not heard about that sir, but I can see where that could be a huge advantage.”
    “Keep an eye on that Tottalax ship and let me know if there are any new developments.”
    “Will do sir,” the captain