Broken hunger

It is. He says with an inexorable tone with a badly hidden bitterness. You notice in his evasive to looking at the eyes and how his feline ears are now barely visible in the top of his head.

He finally continues talking about it. I was conscripted to the Army

Drafted. That only means two things Or he is rescued from slavery in the hands of one our war rivals. Or he is one of the extraordinary cases what a Labourer class show so much potential that they are offered to be educated and a social rank improvement in exchange for ten years in the army.

He doesn't delve further into the topic and you don't pry. After all, Both of you will have a lot of time to gossip. Being an officer in space could be boring when there are not Octopuses trying to destroy your ship hull.
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