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“That’s not singing.”

  “No, but it’s useful in training.”

  “It is?”

  “Helps to get your combat emotions on your sleeve.”

  “I thought you had trouble with that?”

  “Combat emotions, no. It’s the rest that are locked down. When I’m fighting I’m loose and freely flowing.”

  “Interesting.”

  “How so?”

  “Ever stripped in public before?”

  Ginsi laughed. “No.”

  “Scared?”

  “Archons aren’t scared of being naked.”

  Mina shrugged. “If you want to get your non-combat emotions on your sleeve, I’d suggest you start there. Sounds like you just need to get exposed. If you stick around long enough, come on stage with me and try it out. People would like to see an Archon naked.”

  “I’m sure they would,” she said with a smirk.

  “Just a thought,” Mina said, looking down at the unconscious man. “Can I?”

  Ginsi nodded. “Sure.”

  Mina took a step towards him and kicked him in the gut, then stepped back and did it again harder.

  “Feel better?”

  “Yes, thank you,” Mina said, trying to hold to her word and not worry anymore.

  “You are an odd one.”

  “Me?”

  “Yeah you. You’re not what your publicists make you out to be.”

  “Disappointed?” Mina asked sheepishly.

  “Not a bit. You’re actually more intelligent than I thought. Still a youngling, but that will solve itself with time and experience.”

  “How old do I have to be to stop being a youngling?”

  “Ha…that’s a good question. Taryn still calls me a youngling sometimes.”

  “Taryn?”

  “The trailblazer.”

  “What’s a trailblazer?”

  Ginsi’s eyes went wide. “Wow. You really don’t know?”

  “No,” Mina said innocently.

  “The trailblazers are the first Archons and the ones responsible for building Star Force along with Director Davis.”

  “Oh. Didn’t know they had a special name.”

  “Damn, I’ve got a lot to teach you in the next few days.”

  “Or you could just leave me ignorant.”

  “Oh no. Ignorance has to be destroyed. Like Death Star destroyed.”

  “What’s a Death Star?”

  Ginsi face-palmed as footsteps became audible outside as the security team arrived. “Tell you what. I’ll help you get up to speed with what’s going on in the galaxy outside the civilian realm if you let me soak in your unrestrained emotions and work on loosing mine up.”

  “Sounds fair. Boy you like?”

  “No,” Ginsi said as a female security officer walked in on their conversation and she threw the Archon an odd look. “I just need to be able to relax on cue so I can be more efficient in my downtime between workouts.”

  “That’s what they all say,” the security officer quipped.

  “There’s another one in the cockpit,” Ginsi said, pointing as two more security officers walked into the ship. “Get them tucked away then get the ship impounded and searched,” she said, motioning for Mina to follower her outside.

  She shared a smile with the security officer then followed the Archon out and the two began walking one of the trails back to the facility, with Mina having a small spike of fear at not knowing what was out there but making herself forget about it like Ginsi had told her to.

  “Can Archons really get laid only once a year?” she asked after they were out of earshot.

  “Ugh. How many stupid rumors like that are there?”

  “Twice a year?” Mina asked.

  “Archons don’t date,” Ginsi said simply.

  “At all?”

  “Nope.”

  “Why the hell not?”

  “Long story.”

  “My ignorance is calling,” Mina said, feeding into the playful conversation as a way of avoiding the lingering fear as well as toying with what seemed to be her new friend.

  “Fine,” Ginsi said with a bit of mock disgust before beginning a long conversation explaining the realities of life and debunking the myths about Archons that had built up in pop culture over the centuries.

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