What Lodup had seen and heard in the last twenty-four hours should have been more than enough to shut him down. He had worked underwater, at frightening depths, for his entire adult life. He had always known that the oceans, unexplored as they were and arguably as inimical to human life as space,...
He had always been careful in battle. He did not lack courage but he wished to triumph, and to take as many of his people back to their families as possible. He believed it was how you remained strong, though others felt that strength came from glory. It was surprising how often the glorious were...