'Mission request, your Excellencies.'

There is nothing to fear facing the Council. I look straight at them, scanning them one by one before settling down on a fat guy with an ugly ponytail. I look into his brain and confirm my guess.

'Capture the Nibelung,' he ordered. 'Bring the pirates with you if possible.'

I raise my head slightly. Unlike Ezra, I bow to no one.

'Roger that.'