The Attentive Marolyt

Kurdak finally let himself breathe. Thank the gods nobody commented on his nickname. This entire charade would have been worthless if they had.

"Nice to meet you, Sir. I'm Londo," a two-meter-tall man said as he approached.

Kurdak glanced at him. The man was at least forty. His face betrayed his volatile and explosive nature, but his current attitude showed Kurdak that he was loyal once someone finally won his respect.

"Londo? Why didn't you answer my summons?"

"I thought we'd been sent another useless commander, and I didn't want to deal with his strutting, so I just stayed in my tent. I've been properly chastised by that man over there--" he pointed...

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