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УSir,Ф she said.

УI wonТt even ask what you thought you were doing,Ф he said. УI
donТt want to know. I donТt care.Ф

УSir?Ф She hated the squeak in her voice.

УDonТt play the innocent with me, Cadet.Ф Rumor had it that if his
left eyelid actually closed, cadets died. She wasnТt sure she
believed that, but she hoped she wasnТt about to find out. УYou are
a disgrace to the Service.Ф

Ky almost shook her head in confusion. What could he be talking
about?

УGoing outside the chain of command like thisФЧhe thumped the
sheet of paperЧФembarrassing the Service.Ф

УSirЧФ She gulped, caught between the etiquette that required
silence until she was given leave to speak, and a desperate need
to find out what had the CommandantТs eyelid hovering ever nearer
to its mate.

УYou have something to say, Cadet?Ф the Commandant asked. His
voice, like his face, might have been carved out of a glacier. УDo
go ahead . . .Ф It was not a generous offer.

УSir, with the greatest respect, this cadet does not know to what the
Commandant is referring . . .Ф

His lips disappeared altogether. УOh, you can play the innocent all
you want, Cadet, and maintain that formal folderol, but you donТt
fool me.Ф He paused. Ky searched her memory, and came up
empty. УWell, since you insist, letТs try this: do you recall the
nameMandy Rocher ?Ф

УYes, sir,Ф Ky said promptly. УSecond year, third squad.Ф

УAnd you can think of no reason why I might connect that name and
yours?Ф

УSir, I helped Cadet Rocher locate a Miznarii chaplain last
weekend, when Chaplain Oser was away . . .Ф A dim glimmer of
what might be the problem came to her but she couldnТt believe
there would be that much fuss about a simple little . . .

УAnd just how did you locate a Miznarii chaplain, Cadet?Ф

УI . . . er . . . called my mother, sir.Ф