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Roks got out of the heavy fighter and put the helmet away. It was rare he got to fly like this. Kina made a comment about the smoothness of the flight. A little too smooth, like they had been flying a plaything and not a fighter. He stood up and climbed out. “What do you expect when Jork gets to play with all the fighters Adam can get his hands on? Just look at this beast. These dragon-fighters pack as much firepower as a corvette. The humans have already bought several.”
She got down and looked at the ship. “It's too beautiful. It looks like it has scales, and that firepower is overkill on a ship like that. It feels like you could take on a dreadnought all by yourself. God damnit, I love this ship.” She grinned as she let her hand glide over the exterior hull. “The new nanotech makes it almost invisible on the radar; they won't detect you before they look out the window, and then it's too late.” She sighed happily, and Roks laughed.
“You can't marry it, you're already married.” He said and she grinned at him.
“Yeah, but I want the one-seater one. You think you can get me one of them?”
“Yeah, when we get back, I’ll talk to Jork. I guess you want yours blood red?”
“You know me so well!” She slapped his behind as she walked past him toward the gate. Roks looked after her, then at the other ship in this private hangar. Adams' yacht, that man. He had no idea what he was getting himself into. His people will tear him apart if they don’t protect him. He gave a short prayer to the universe to protect the fool, then followed his wife. They followed the butler droid to quarters, and as expected, it was a five-room apartment, with a private cinema and gym. Adam knew how to spoil them. Kina just chuckled as she looked around.
“Are we not allowed to have a bunk bed anymore?” She lay down on the bed. “He treats us like kings.”
Dropped down next to her, “Is that so, my queen?” He took her hand and playfully bit it, and she tilted her head slightly towards him.
“Oh, you're in that mood!” Then she launched herself at him.
Roks and Kina were late as they got to the dinner to join the rest. He nodded to his sister and Vorts. Then smiled at Adam and Evelyn as they seemed too tired but engaged in discussions. Evelyn was talking to Min-Na and her husband, and Adam was speaking to Arus and Sig-San. The twins were sleeping nearby, and Hara’s litter was in a portable playpen that seemed to hover a few inches over the ground. Probably one of Jork's inventions. Kina started to speak with Hara and Vorts. So Roks listened to what Adam was speaking about.
“So, I get Camelot, and what is its meaning in the human lore. But why would you name it Camelot? You don’t like it when we joke about these things.” Arus replied to Adams' explanation.
“Take a wild guess who hacked the project and renamed it from Armistice to Camelot, then changed it every time back until it got corrected. Then spread the name among the human engineers who ‘loved it’ and registered it with the federation before I could find the bastard and toss him out the air lock?” The words were said with a serious tone and a defeated sense of humor hidden behind.
Roks and Arus looked at Sig-San, who declared his innocence.
“I’m actually innocent this time. I only helped a little.” He said as he took a bite of the salmon. “This is really good.”
“So who named it then?” Adam asked, a little confused.
“Think. I know a lot of the lore of Galius, but human lore? Not much. I know you're from a chaotic world, and most of you are crazy by our standards.”
They looked around the table and stopped at an empty seat. “Monori?”
Sig-San nodded. “She said you needed your Camelot.”
Adam looked at the dining table, a round table that could shrink or enlarge on command. The chairs could be switched around as well. Roks could see he almost cursed, but stopped himself. Instead, Adam took a deep breath.
“What's the problem?”
“The problem is that one of the important parts of the legend of Camelot is the Round Table, where King Arthur and his knights ruled the kingdom. It was round, so nobody would sit at the end of the table, and all could see each other as equals. A noble concept but im no Arthur.”
They all laughed at him.
“Is that the new thing? No longer ‘I’m not Galius’, now its ‘I’m not King Arthur? ‘” Roks said
“Oh, I'm definitely not Arthur, his wife, Gwenivere, played around with his best friend, the knight Lancelot,” Adam said, and Kina looked at Roks.
“Yeah, he is not this King Arthur!” she said as she stared at him, and Roks chuckled.
“Honey, I’m not suicidal.”
Evelyn chuckled. “And I’m happy with Adam.”
“Time to make a new legend about Camelot, then. Camelot has a new king now.” Arus said, and Adam shook his head, giving up. Then he became a little more serious.
“We have one week until we get to Hundra, and I need to be prepared, so I would like us all to meet here for dinner and learn more about Hundra, King Steinar the Fifth, and the culture. I have set aside these dinners for you, but you can do what you want the rest of the days. If you would like, you can help me with the diplomat lunch. Before lunch, Evelyn and I will focus on the twins.” As he spoke, he made sure to look at each of them. Leaving none of them out. Roks knew he didn’t do it to inspire. He was just Adam. It was how he was. Putting himself last among friends, it was clear the twins and Evelyn were first, but then came the rest of them. This man would die for all of them and ask little in return.
He looked around at the others and saw that they felt the same. Adam would die for all of them, but they would knock him out and jump into the gates of hell for him. Knowing Adam, he would jump after them and drag them back while yelling about how stupid they were.
They had spent the rest of the dinner explaining Tufon's culture to them, Min-Na and Sig-San seemed to know most of it. They also knew they would have to keep a low profile when they arrived, as they could easily get challenged by the locals. Roks remembered the first time he met Min-Na, his reaction was a show of aggression. How he wished he could go back and change that. He looked at Adam and realized just how much that man had changed him.
Evelyn was the one who was most shocked. She looked at Adam, and he explained it to her as if they were a feudal society with a mix of street gangs. She was shocked by it, but it made her understand them better, apparently. After the dinner, he let Adam deal with the diplomats; he would join him later. Instead, he went to check the bridge where Hyn-Drin sat at the helm, his form was ethereal, an humanoid with skin that looked like ...
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