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**2/Chapter 29. Some confidences and new experiences.**

Gina's message came out at light speed through the subspace channel recently established between the worlds of the Quadruple Alliance and the Confederacy. He went straight to Omega to the Stevens' house. For Gordon resided there, or at least he used to frequent his parents' house more than his own lodgings at the space police base. That letter would take a few days to arrive and in it the girl greeted her boyfriend and asked him  how he was doing, saying that he missed him very much. He refrained from issuing anything more intimate because surely the boy's parents would see him.  He sent his family another message with the same considerations of longing and good wishes. While at home with her husband, Lora received the statement a few hours later and smiled relieved, wishing her daughter good luck and sending the answer that would surely take another long time to arrive.

-It seems that our daughter is well and happy. - The President of the Council commented to her husband. –

- I celebrate that. He has made a long journey and has begun a new and important stage in his life. - Pierre said. –

Although unfortunately they did not have much time to chat about family issues even at home. Especially after the news that Peter and Kira had brought from the planet Leto. Despite the victory, something did not fit them. Both had plenty of experience to be able to see beyond appearances.

The guys were very emphatic about that. And they were worried. Above all, Kira. Those androids didn't seem bothered by the defeat, on the contrary. They themselves confessed that it was one more stage in their learning. - Pierre pointed out. –

Possibly everything they have been doing has been heading in that direction. - Lora opined. –

Her husband nodded, insisting once again.

"That Kira was so restless I don't like at all. She is not inclined to get carried away with a concern unless it is a very serious matter. It's as if he feels something.

"But he didn't tell us what. - Lora opposed. –

-You know that she does not usually specify. Rather he feels a danger. - Pierre reminded him. – Although now she seemed to be very puzzled.

-More than a premonition, it is a suspicion. We all have it with respect to those Leto androids. – Lora agreed. –

Pierre nodded once again with a thoughtful gesture. And he remembered the conversation he had with those boys when they returned. Of course, in front of Copito everything was paragoods and praise for the little android, but once he left to tell his exploits to Professor Maestro, the boys expressed a real state of mind. It was Peter who took the floor to testify.

"We have won this battle, Dad. But something tells me that the war is far from won.

"Well, it's a way of speaking, of course. - Pierre commented. – These robots have not expressed the slightest desire for hostility, according to at least your report.

"That's right, my colonel, but there's something else, I'm afraid Peter is right. We have seen only the tip of the iceberg. - Kira intervened, cone tone concerned. –

His contertulio gave him a perplexed look. The young woman then added.

-In other circumstances, my premonitions would be warning me, now I see it so clearly that even these are not necessary for me. Although I can't know what they are up to, but I think everything, what happened in the Cosmopolitan and in Leto, is related. In my opinion they are just pieces of a much larger puzzle. Something that is so great that we are unable to see it in perspective. But that sooner or later will loom over us.

- I agree. - Peter corroborated, also with tinges of uneasiness when affirming. - Dad, something very serious is happening out there. And I think Cassiopeia has something to do with it, but I don't know to what extent.

-In the case of Cassiopeia, they are very still and quiet lately. Since their failure with that rocket they sent against Earth.

-That rocket was sent by those androids who worked for them. I have no doubt about that. - Kira sentenced. –

- And what do you suggest we do? - Pierre inquired, stating. – We have no greater evidence than your reports. And don't misinterpret me, I trust blindly everything you tell me. But in order to submit this to the Council, we need stronger evidence. It is enough that we are in a state of war against Cassiopeia, as to add a new enemy to the list.

That's the way it was. Although circumstantial evidence suggested that these androids may be working with Tirelius, he did not mention them when he gave his ultimatum. Nor had they suffered new such attacks. Did the general appropriate an act performed by them? Those robots also made no reference to Cassiopeia at any time. That is why Colonel Larans remained in doubt. This is how he reflected when his son proposed to him.

-If possible, before I am assigned to command one of the Hummingbird class cruisers, I would love to go out in the old Dragonfly with Kira and Copito to patrol some sectors in which we have the suspicion that these androids move.

-Well, at the moment there is no inconvenience. It's still a couple of weeks before you're commissioned into command of a cruiser. In addition to the days off that correspond to you after this mission. – Pierre replied who nevertheless suggested them. -For now rest, it is convenient that you recover. You've already had too many emotions lately. And we have more than enough patrol boats to keep a close eye on the most compromised sectors. Starting with the one closest to Cassiopeia.

-It would be convenient not to lose sight of the Saturn area. - Peter reminded him, adding. – According to what Kira told us her mothership was there.

-Yes, in Mimas. – She clarified that she did not take long to advise. - But I wouldn't recommend any patrol to get too close, or they could risk being captured, if that huge ship is still there.

Pierre put a hand to his chin and nodded slowly. Of course that would not be convenient at all.

-You're right. We must be cautious. However, I will order that surveillance in this sector be strengthened by taking appropriate security measures.

And after a few moments the two boys greeted and said goodbye to the colonel. On the way to the canteen, Peter told his partner.

-I don't know, it's not that I don't trust the rest of the teams, but we are the most qualified to monitor those guys. We already know how they act.

-It is true, but it is also convenient for us to take a break. Kira said. –

Peter nodded. Although they had enough time to rest on Earth even there they had to deal with complications, that sabotator and then what happened in the Cosmopolitan. He was thinking about it when he saw a woman who caught his eye. It looked pretty much like...

- What happens? - Kira inquired upon seeing him with a surprised expression. –

-Look. - He indicated him sneakily affirming. I'd swear I'd seen it sooner than now.

When she looked towards the designated place Kira saw a tall young woman with short brown hair, dressed in a uniform of Ciloner, one of the allied worlds of Yumlaiance. He seemed to be someone belonging to the legation of that world.

- Yes. – She muttered. – It has a certain resemblance to that irritating individual of the Cosmopolitan.

- Celia! – Peter immediately remembered. –

Kira frowned, it should not be very funny that her partner remembered so well of that individual. Peter instead smiled to comment.

"Come on, anyone forgets about her and how she chased me all over the ship. Then he tried to kill me, yes, but with a lot of class.

- Do you think those women might have something to do with her? – He wanted to know his companion, wishing to ignore the previous matter. –

-It could be that the android named Celia had been inspired by that girl without her having the slightest idea. - Peter conjected. –

Kira nodded, although after a few moments, she looked at her interlocutor with a puzzled gesture and commented.

-I can't feel anything at a telepathic level. Although it is clear that he is not an android, rather he is someone trained to repel polls. In that it reminds me of Yener.

- Can't you then read the thought to him?

And as his contertulia shook his head, Peter then said to him with a determined tint.

"Then there is only one way to find out.

He gestured to Kira and went straight to that woman. His partner, remisa at the beginning at the end joined him...

"Excuse me, Miss. – Peter said calling the attention of that individual. –

And that attractive woman turned to observe them and after smiling slightly responded.

- Yes? What do they want?

However, when Peter was going to speak, that young woman received a call on her intercom.

-Excuse me for a moment. - He asked them both, going on to answer. - Yes? ... very well, I was precisely on the way. I will arrive in the middle of sexdan.

For his part, Nerel had a very interesting meeting with Leirana de Moer. That woman baffled him and that was not easy. Of course he knew that she had certain psychic gifts, not in vain was she in the Akapler legation.

"Fortunately I have special nastralsy training to avoid being probed."

That had been very helpful in dealing with Yener, and why not say it? To exasperate him a little. Nerel wasn't going to deny that he enjoyed it. However, despite his alleged mind control, the yumlaincer was very transparent and even noble. It could even be said that, of confidence, in the case in which Nerel trusted someone, of course.

"But that woman is different. I think something is plotting. – I thought with some concern. -

Maybe it was like himself, he would be playing several decks at once. In such a case she was a formidable opponent. He remembered what she told him, when they held that small conference in a private premises of the Akapler legation.

Our worlds are very similar in some things. The climate is cold and the way of being of the people is austere and little given to the excess of emotion. - Leirana declared. –

- Certainly. - Nerel agreed. –

And that high individual, more than himself, walked slowly through the room until she approached him and sentenced.

These beings, however, lack any feeling. And that makes them dangerous.

- I agree. - He just replicated him. –

- The issue is. Will Omega know how to handle them? - The young woman wondered aloud. –

Apparently, so far the patrols sent by the Confederacy have been successful. Above all, the team formed by the son of Colonel Larans, that telepathic and that android. – He reminded him. –

Leirana nodded, though he immediately commented with a dispassionate tone, and yet scathing.

Maybe those creatures have let them believe that they have had it.

- Why do you think that? - Inquired Nerel. –

- For the same reason as you. – She answered undeterred when she revealed. - I know you had someone inside the Cosmopolitan. Someone capable of infiltrating among the androids and informing you of their plans.

"Wow, you know more than I do. - Nerel smiled. –

-I doubt it very much. No one knows more than the director of the Nastralsy  - said the young woman. -

- Are you promoting me? - He wanted to know his interlocutor with a slight touch of sarcasm. –

"The director at Omega, I meant. - Nuanced her. –

-An interesting idea, coming from a cultural aggregate. – He replied his contertulio with an obvious ironic tone. –

Now it was Leirana who smiled soon to testify.

Culture is very important, it gives us a vision of who we are through what we have been.

-Deep reflection, I expected no less than an Akapler. – Nerel affirmed. –

His interlocutor gave her an intense look that Nerel held without problems, after looking away at last she added with a more direct tone.

-It is curious, some androids endowed with such technical advances are not able to defeat a small robot.

- Do you mean what happened on the planet Leto? - Nerel inquired that he knew it all too well. –

After nodding, Leirana went on to list.

-Self-regenerating technology, ability to multiply a physical body, of course flight. I don't think anyone capable of achieving all that is so inept as to make such flimsy giant robots.

So you suggest that those defeats were intentional. – Nerel said, who went on to ask. - And for what reason? It would not have logic according to a cyber programming.

On the contrary, it would have all the logic. – He refuted his contertulia. – Possibly there is something that they lack to master, some kind of element that only humans have. Surely they will be trying to learn it, just as they have learned to develop all that technology.

Nerel nodded adopting a thoughtful gesture. Leirana's hypothesis seemed quite plausible to him. The case was, which of the human attributes did those machines crave to be able to reproduce? Seeing this thoughtfully, his interlocutor got up from the chair he occupied and said goodbye with a last comment.

I hope we will be able to find out what they are after. Or it may be too late if they manage to acquire what they want to acquire from us.

And he left leaving the room. Nerel then immediately called his secret agent, the person who had been spying on those androids.

-I need you here right away...

Kira and Peter were frustrated with their intentions to talk to that girl. As soon as she cut off the communication of that call, she smiled at them to say.

"I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry.

And without further ad, he walked away, letting his interlocutors look at themselves with a bewildered gesture.

Maybe it would be a good idea to go after her. - The boy opined. –

"I don't know, Peter. It goes to the nataclier delegation. I don't think it's appropriate. - Kira wanted to dissuade him. –

To his regret his companion had to nod. It would not be a good impression to literally chase a citizen of Nataclia to the very door of her embassy. So, the two turned around and continued their walk.

"At least I hope Gordon is back from his patrol. - He commented. –

- He will have been glad to hear from your sister. - Kira agreed. -

Indeed, it was Gordon's case that Graham saw him in the first place limiting himself to sending him via subspace to Earth. In a few hours, the boy was able to receive him by secure communication in his patrol car, the Spider. It was Tania who informed him.

-We have a transmission for you, lieutenant, via private.

-Put it on. - The boy asked him. –

Tania dedicated a gesture of circumstances to him to insist.

-Indicates that it is of a private nature, you may want to see it alone.

"Well, just in case, pass it to the cabin. - Gordon indicated to him. –

He got up from his position as pilot of the ship accessing a closed room of the ship. There he could finally see that call. He smiled at the see of Gina's laughing face that said to him in a cheerful tone.

- Hi Gordon, I hope you and your family are okay. How are you doing? Are you still patrolling non-stop? Hopefully you have some rest permit, but take care that my brother does not mess with you to make some mess. I'm fine, I arrived today, although I don't know how long it will take for this message to travel from here to your home. On the journey I had a lot of fun with a party that Lieutenant Daet set up, he is a very nice boy. I hope he and Nerel will see each other again soon. Now Colonel Rant is guiding me. He's a nice guy, although he's kind of crazy, - she laughed. - He even wanted to show me a game of giant bugs! He says that in Yumlaiance it is the most followed sport Anyway!, I would love you to come and see me here. It's a beautiful world and you were going to have a good time, just like Kira and my brother. I miss you and them so much. Well, I have to say goodbye. Greet everyone from my side goodbye - winking ended communication. -

Gordon was happier than ever, you could guess in the girl who had no interest in that guy. In addition, he had called him Colonel Rant when before he always called him Yener and that from Gordon's point of view and his "acuity to interpret him" was the best of evidence. She left the room with a laughing gesture, and Tania wanted to know, without being able to hide her curiosity.

- All right?

-Perfectly. - The boy nodded, adding with a jovial tone. - I think it's about time we came home. This sector is quiet.

So they did, setting course for Omega. After arriving and giving his report Gordon called his friends who told him they would be in the canteen, he proposed to his co-pilot.

- Would you like to join us?

-Thank you very much, I will be delighted. - Tania smiled. –

There they left and after greeting each other, Gordon, visibly amused, told them that he had already seen gina's message.

- He's getting bored to death! - laughed  Peter sharing the jocularity with his partner. -

"But he is very happy in his new position," Kira said. - And he misses you very much, it's true. - He added to Gordon's delight, although he was careful to keep other reflections. -

- I know it seems silly. We have been on patrol for a short time and it seems to me that we were never on Earth. Although there it was almost worse than being on duty, I mean of course, Mrs. Ethel's schedules. - Declared the redhead. -

- No wonder, ha ha! - Peter agreed that he also seemed to be in a good mood despite what he recited next. - He got up one at six, breakfast at seven, lunch at one and curfew at ten. This was not a pension hotel. It was the Military Academy!

- It was worse than the Academy! - Gordon laughed  with the accomplices nods of his friends who shared the laughter. -

The truth is that the trio was in a very good mood. They arrived from the Cosmos quite agitated and saddened by the adventure they lived in it, but they were determined to relax despite everything and forget the bad drinks. Copito's latest feat seemed to invite people to take things in a more relaxed way. Tania then dared to intervene commenting on precisely that.

-Copito is magnificent, it has taught a lesson to those androids that they will surely not forget.

Although both she and Gordon were surprised to see the serious gesture that Peter and Kira adopted. Above all, the latter that he declared in an almost enigmatic way.

That is precisely what worries me, that they do not forget the lessons they learn.

For his part, Pierre was also worried, and was also aware of something else that demanded his attention. With the increased budget for defense spending, due to the cold war situation that now existed with Cassiopeia, the colonel was very busy trying to redesign the structure of the Confederate ships.

Perhaps he should divide the fleet into squadrons, similar to what the Yumlaincer and their allies do. - It was said. -In case of having four heavy cruisers these should be commanded at least by captains, or better by commanders. I would personally take over the fleet badge. But of course, that would require transforming the essence of the space police.

That's the way it was. It seemed like a minor issue, but it was of great importance. So many powerful ships changed the perception of police service. In Pierre's opinion they would become a military fleet. And the ranges should be in line. Being the colonel, he was the highest authority. But now things were changing and they should create the rank of general.

-On the one hand, I would not like it, it would be to look like Tirelius. On the other hand, I fear that such restructuring will be inevitable.

And that's without remembering that they were in a state of dramatic inferiority. Despite having almost four large heavy cruisers, which were the most technologically advanced, his enemy had dozens, perhaps hundreds of ships with a similar condition.

-With those four heavy cruisers, six light cruisers and about twelve patrol boats we will not do anything. Even combining the different fleets of our allies we would still be inferior in number and firepower.

He was pondering all this when his wife approached.

-I see you worried. - Guessed it. –

Pierre nodded admitting it without reservation. It was not easy for him, but he confided all those fears to his wife. After listening carefully, Lora testified.

If you really think omega must have a powerful fleet to at least be able to stand up to Cassiopeia I can take that to the Council meeting. But you know as well as I do that it would be a huge investment.

-I know this perfectly, and surely several of the members of the Confederation will not accept. I myself doubt. It would mean moving away from our essence. However, on the other hand, I am afraid, I am afraid that I will not act now that we are still on time and have to regret it later. – He sighed. –

Lora could understand him very well. A part of him told him that this possibility was very real, but he was reluctant to embark on a path of military rearmament that could end in an escalation of violence with his now hostile neighbors. But hadn't cassiopeia's embarked on that path already? And then there were those mysterious androids, assuming they were allies of Tirelius things got worse.

-I think like you, and it distresses me not to be able to react in time and have to regret it later. Be. I will present it and let it be debased. You will be there and you will be able to defend it by stating the reasons. -Lora wanted to encourage him. -

Pierre thanked him by giving him a hug and whispering to him.

-It will be difficult but together we will be able to persuade the Council.

Oblivious to that conversation of his parents, after a good time of conversation, Peter proposed to the group.

"I'm going to ask for another round. Do you dare?

- Sure. – His friend conceded. –

"Not for me, it's getting late and I'd like to go to rest. - Tania said. –

-Well, so soon? the night is young. - Gordon affirmed with a jovial tone. -

His subordinate just smiled a little self-consciously and it was Kira who came to his aid.

-We have enjoyed many days of rest on Earth and we are fresh, poor Tania has been patrolling. Let him go to rest.

-Of course, forgive. - Gordon apologized affably. –

There is nothing to forgive. - Tania hurriedly answered who, greeting her superiors, said goodnight to them and left. –

Watching her walk away, Gordon commented in a relaxed tone.

-She is a good girl, maybe something stopped sometimes. It reminds me of Gina in that.

"Well, she's moving lately. – Peter commented. –

- Yes, it's true. - His friend sighed. –

Kira looked at Peter as if reproaching him for that comment, he shrugged his shoulders and simply commented.

-I'm going to look for the robot waiter.

So he left his friends alone, it was Gordon who said then.

- Despite the distance, I am not sad. I'm so glad you got Gina right. Even though we're far away now, I feel like we're together.

- You love her very much, right? - Kira smiled with visible sympathy for the boy. -

His friend nodded slowly, in turn squeezing out a shy smile, it was even somewhat red. Especially when he admitted in turn.

- I always liked it, since we were little. His brother and I have been friends since the age of seven. Our parents were and we grew up together. Then we enlisted in the federation and went to the academy. You know. To meet paternal expectations! - laughed. -

"But you really like space," Kira replied. - It shows. I don't think you did it just to please your families, and it wouldn't have been necessary either.

- You're absolutely right. I guess it must be carried in the blood. My father and many of my ancestors dedicated themselves to traveling through the stars contributing to the exploration and discovery of the Cosmos. I, since I was very young, always wanted to discover a planet that was for myself  and take there only my friends and my parents. - Gordon told him. - Live there all happy safe from trouble.

"I wish life were that simple," she said with a more shadowy tinge. –

Being a telepathic sometimes there were things she didn't like to capture, and at other times she just resented not being able to do it. In that case there was a combination of both. He could clearly feel that Tania was very attracted to Gordon, this of course did not realize. And, on the other hand, I wish I was able to perceive the true intentions of those androids! Also, since he returned from Earth and remembered that past life of his, he felt somewhat uneasy, as if there was something that was hanging around his mind and that he was not able to specify.

- What about you? - Gordon then wanted to know without concealing his interest. - We've known each other for a long time, but you never talk much about yourself.

The girl looked at him inquisitively as if waiting for him to ask her something in particular, Gordon added with a tone more of an apology than anything else.

- Excuse me, if it's something you don't want to talk about.

- No, you are right, you tell me your things, you have opened the doors of your feelings to me as if I were from your own family and I, on the other hand, am always silent. But I don't really have much to tell, at least I don't remember too many things. I know my parents love me very much, but they never hid from me that I am adopted. I was picked up from a children's residence on the planet Lotadia. Although I don't even know if I'm really from there. Because of the little that the people who took care of me told me and that I am able to remember, they found me here, on Earth.

- On Earth? - Gordon exclaimed in assion- So you are from that planet!

"Sometimes I think I am, yes," she said. - Others I'm not sure about. Maybe they also brought me from there to Lotadia,or maybe it was from there. In any case, I don't know anything about my biological parents, nor where I was actually born.

- It must be hard not to have met your parents, sorry. - The boy apologized visibly bescuing and sorry for his partner, to rectify immediately. – I was referring to your biological parents.

- Don't worry, it's not your fault. "Kira smiled at him aminously, adding. - For me, my parents are the ones who have raised and educated me. I was picked up when I was about five years old. And we are of the same ethnicity and so similar that people always believed that I was their natural daughter. -He smiled to add with a voice remains. - Before I still vaguely remember some people who took care of me and raised me. One of them, a great woman whom I loved very much, named me Kira. Although in the documents of my collection I said that he called me Mercedes.

- And did you stay Kira's? - Gordon smiled. -

- Yes, in honor of the Greek muse of music. Mrs. Hylles,the woman who put it on me said that I had the gift of inspiring her, she composed music. Some very beautiful melodies. Although he always told me that all of them were transmitted to him in dreams by a handsome prince. I guess it was nicer to tell a girl than to recognize her own talent and work.

- And in addition to that gift you have that of telepathy. - He remembered. -

- That's right, since I was very young I knew how people were and many times what they thought, in most cases it is not something pleasant, I can assure you.

"I imagine," Gordon agreed.

The boy could not help but feel guilty in the part that touched him for all the bad thoughts that he could have had near his friend who, without a doubt, would have received them. But Kira had never alluded to any of that and her smile and understanding never ceased to be serene and kind to all of them. It occurred to Gordon now to think that this girl would also have her own problems, hopes, desires and fears, like the rest of the people. But she, who tried at all times to relieve and advise them when they needed it, did not have that support. It must have been hard for Kira to spend her early years without parents and then leave the people who raised her.

And the girl once again smiled at Gordon taking a hand from him among her own to tell him with sweetness and gratitude.

- The people who have raised me are for me my real parents. You are also my family. And whenever I am by your side I feel the happiest in the entire Universe.

Gordon couldn't help but blush. He could only nod and try to deflect what made him feel quite cut off. The truth is that sensitivity was not his forte and he was never able to endure it without wanting to get underground. He was too brute, but he had his little heart and it was very embarrassing for him to go through those situations in which tenderness manifested itself. Her friend knew perfectly well that he had a big heart despite her impulses and apparent rudeness. Anyway, she didn't want to put him in a more hurried situation and let him change third.

- I have always wondered how you are able to control your ability so well.

- I was taught to use that gift and to perfect it in a special academy for this type of people. Later, when I was old enough, I enlisted in the space academy. - She told him. -

- Did you also want to see the universe? - The boy asked him, relieved by the success of the change of third. -

- Yes, and above all I wanted to travel through the different planets and one day find that of my biological parents. I thought that by belonging to the federation I might have a better chance of discovering my origins.

- Wow, what a story! Hopefully one day you will get it! If I can do anything to help you here you have me. - The boy offered himself so spontaneously, enthusiastically and sincerely, that he made his friend laugh with visible gratitude. -

- Thank you Gordon," I know I can count on you, Peter, Gina and all my friends. Although sometimes I think it's better that you don't know the answer to that question.

- How can you say that? - He reproached him amicably to assure. - We will comb the entire galaxy.

Although now Kira gently shook her head and smiled more faintly to retort.

- Who knows, many times I think about it and on the one hand I would like to know my origins, although on the other I am afraid to discover something that I do not like.

"Well, at the same time, and whatever it is will sound," sighed the boy, determined to detract from the importance of the talk, actually feeling uncomfortable in that field and preferring the most mundane things. – Where has Peter gotten into? A long time ago he went to find the robot waiter.

His friend had indeed gone to order a round of beers. Although he was surprised to be approached by that girl with brown hair who greeted him.

"Hello captain, I think I owe you an apology.

- Excuse me? - He repeated looking at her with perplexity. –

"I was very rude to leave you and your companion planted when you greeted me this afternoon. - She reminded him. –

-No, don't worry about it. It's just that my partner and I seemed to have seen her somewhere.

Maybe on a Flight of the Cosmopolitan, I'm a flight attendant there. - That girl told him. -

- Oops! Peter exclaimed, being surprised, to admit. - I certainly think I remember a woman who looked a lot like you.

"It may be my sister Celia. - The girl said. - We are twins, you know? Did he really know her? He is a surcharge.

Peter felt really stranded now. What could I say to that young woman? That his sister had been supplanted by an android that he himself destroyed?

"It's incredible. You look a lot a lot like you. - Was able to respond. –

His interlocutor then looked after him, soon after, Gordon's voice was heard approaching.

- Where have you gotten into, man? Haven't found the robot waiter yet?

Although that boy, who was accompanied by Kira, was perplexed to see that girl.

- Celia! - He could exclaim. -

"The same thing has happened to you as to me, you have confused them with their sister. - Peter came forward. –

"Yes, when I came back she was in the shuttle and accompanied me on the Cosmopolitan. - The redhead told them. -

-I had service, then I disembarked in Omega and my sister took over. That of being twins has its advantages. Although I haven't spoken to Celia since she left. And that I have tried to contact her several times. – The young woman declared. –

Kira and Peter looked at each other with a face of circumstance. Gordon, oblivious to the details of that episode that his friends lived in the Cosmopolitan was the one who took the floor to affirm.

-If you are traveling, you will surely have reached Earth and the transmissions take a long time to travel such a distance.

-That must be. -The girl agreed. -

- Are you from Ciloner? - Kira wanted to know. -

- That's the way it is. - Admitted the girl. –

-And yet I was going to the nataclier legation, it's curious. - Peter commented without concealing a somewhat suspicious tinge. -

"I have friends in that delegation. Between our worlds of the Quadruple Alliance it is customary to make exchanges and cooperate.

-Well, of course. - Gordon intervened with a more casual tinge to add, almost arguingly reproaching his friends. - There's nothing suspicious about that. You without going any further, or Gina, spent a lot of time in the legation andumlaincer when Yener was there.

- That's true. - Peter had to recognize. –

Seilin smiled, giving the impression of being amused by that exchange of comments between those guys. However, he remembered well the conversation he had had with Lieutenant Asety. When she arrived, she asked permission to enter the office of that officer who was immediately granted.

"I've seen from the outside cameras that you were talking to those Omega guys.

-They approached me, although I don't know why. I had to say goodbye somewhat abruptly - she replied. –

-I don't think you have been linked to any operation. In any case, you will have to keep a low profile for a while.

- I know. - Seilinagreed. –

Nerel then got up from the chair he was occupying to say with what seemed like a tinge of concern.

-I had an interesting conversation with Leirana de Moer, and I was very informed of what happened. So much so that I even knew your activities at the Cosmopolitan.

-That is remarkable. - The girl declared with a reflective tone. -

"I don't know if he knows that you were our agent infiltrated there or not. She was also very well informed of what happened on the planet Leto.

The Akapler intelligence services are not bad at all. What's more, they rival ours. - Seilinclaimed . –

"Yes, and I don't like that. They are allies, but they are very close to Nephraler. – He objected. –

-With greater reason they must keep abreast of everything that happens. They are on the front line, like those of Yumlaiance. – He was reminded by his interlocutor. –

-Already, but of the yumlaincer I do not worry. They traditionally distrust and fear Nephraler's. However, in Akapler...

- Yes, I understand. - Musitó Seilin. –

His contertulio then turned to vary the theme and returned to that of Omega.

-It would not hurt us if you were sure about the intentions of the space police. Above all, of those two. They are too skilled and have successfully solved so many difficult missions that I doubt very much that they have gone to talk to you by a mere coincidence.

-I will try to clear any kind of doubts that may harbor. My cover is solid. - The girl affirmed. –

"I'll leave it to you, then. And for the time being you'll focus on that.

- What will happen to those androids? - The young woman wanted to know. -

- I have to send your reports along with my ratings to the Nastris headquarters. There they will decide. - His interlocutor replied. -

Seilin nodded out of the office. He decided to go looking for those guys. It was where to find them. After a few minutes his patience paid off, he saw them enter the canteen, now accompanied by that redhead he met at the Cosmopolitan.

"Wow, much better, this way I will snest your suspicions. - It was said. –

And fortunately he saw how one of them separated going in search of a robot waiter, he did not hesitate to go and board him. Now she was there feeling like that girl with dark complexion and jet hair stuck her big black eyes in her. It was clear that she was telepathic and tried to read on it. Although he knew how to defend himself against that. And a few moments later he noticed how that girl ceased in her efforts even adopting a stranded expression. He was certainly careful not to comment.

-I am also a hostess and in Nataclia there are opportunities to work on some of their tourist cruises. They're not as big as the Cosmopolitan, but the routes are short and pay well. - He said then. –

"I hope you are lucky, Miss. - Peter sincerely wanted him. –

Seilin smiled at him so that both omega's boy and his friend were captivated. That was not liked too much by that young woman with cinnamon skin. Now he lowered his telepathic defenses and his interest in one of those young men was evident.

- If you excuse me. - Added the ciloneresa. – I must go.

-Of course, it has been a pleasure. - She was fired by Gordon. -

In this way, they saw how that girl moved away with her hips in a more than insinuating way.  Kira was the first to take the floor.

- Have you believed anything he said?

- Not a word. - Peter immediately asserted, conjecturing. – It must be from the intelligence services of Nataclia or Ciloner.

- Are you sure about that? - The stunned Gordon intervened. –

-Not one hundred percent, but it is most likely. - Kira replied, who then did tell them. – She is very well trained in telepathic skills. It has blocked any attempt by me to probe it.

"That's not too polite. – He made him see Gordon. –

"She has tried the same thing, believe me. - Her friend assured her. -

"Nor can we do anything, he has not committed any crime. - Peter declared. –

-And, in addition, as long as it is from a planet allied with ours, there is nothing to worry about. - Added a more than confident Gordon. –

Cassiopeia was also our ally. – Kira reminded him. –

And it is that the young woman had been worried. That woman gave the impression of keeping many secrets.  It would be worthy of investigation, although as Peter had made clear, they had nothing to justify that suspicion.

"Well, I hope the robot waiter will come soon. Gordon said, taking her out of those reflections. –

The three of them occupied a table and waited, eager to move on to other topics of conversation. And while that was happening at Omega, Gina was preparing for her next day at Yumlaiance.

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