Orel brightened up.
"Lis, thank you! He really said that, you"re not lying, are you?"
"I"m not," Lis said, "I can"t be sure about him."
Enriki brings good news: Squint-Eye is getting out of prison.
At Tol"s request, Orel takes Asa on the team without the right to vote.
Chapter 19
Squint-Eye
"Backara" was celebrating. Squint-Eye was already tired of answering endless congratulations. He leaned onto the table, putting his head onto his arms.
"I"m so out of habit with all this!"
"Get used again!" Tol laughed. "There are great victories in front of us!" He gulped from his glass. Asa who sat on his lap purred something tenderly. Squint-Eye looked at her in surprise but didn"t say anything. Enriki noticed that.
"What did she say?" he asked Squint-Eye "I seem to know Unclean but can"t understand what she babbles."
Squint-Eye shook his head tossing away thick black bangs that hid his left eye.
"She says to Tol she loves him, every minute," he smirked.
Enriki"s sister laughed seeing his eyes that stared at different directions.
"I almost forgot how you look," she said. "You"re so funny!"
He smiled at her quite kindly.
"I could"ve looked even funnier if not for your bother. He did his best to get me out."
Mily glanced at Enriki with love and respect.
"I know my brother is the best," she said proudly.
Enriki grinned contentedly: "All right, all right, I wasn"t saving Squint-Eye on my own. Everyone participated."