The Chronicles of Benjamin Jaminson: Empires At War (Book 5 Part Two) by Thomas Wright

The Chronicles of Benjamin Jaminson: Empires At War (Book 5 Part Two) by Thomas Wright

Author:Thomas Wright [Wright, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-12-13T18:30:00+00:00


Chapter Seventeen

I stood naked, staring at my face in the mirror. Zuri shared my reflection, just watching. She didn’t pant like a dog or let her tongue hang out drooling, no, she looked like she was staring at a meal. At least she didn’t stick her nose anywhere it didn’t belong. I knew it was a strange time for a shower, but a few more days in my thermal and it could stand on its own. Ordering Deireadh off so I could shower, it hadn’t gone back to its container. It rolled in waves to the bench seat along the wall and rebuilt itself in my exact image. Bastard even turned its head and looked at me. There were new possibilities knowing it could do that. Some of them might be fun.

Turning my head from side to side, I looked at more than a month’s worth of hair growth on my face. I couldn’t remember my last shave, but it was before they cut my hair off. Cutting my hair had been totally uncalled for, but Dr. Matthews was doing his thing, treating me like he would any other patient and attaching sensors to my head. My nanites would have fixed everything, relieved the pressure on my brain without the doctor’s help. Either way, it was done and I was thankful. Thinking about Dr. Matthews made me wonder what the Warhammer would do after Idaline. I didn’t recall any messages from the rest of the Privateers since they left Kanlost. But there was no reason they should, I guess. It was Binda’s job. She would deal with them. I saw something at the edge of my hairline. Light pink lines were barely visible when I ran my fingers through my hair. I couldn’t feel anything as my fingers glided across them. The skin was almost perfectly smooth, no ragged scars.

I should do something about this mess on my face. Reaching in the locker, I took out my clippers and went to work. Tumbleweeds of hair rolled off and hit my chest, and what didn’t stick continued to the deck. I was alone except for Zuri and Imelda, who was resting in the superstructure where years ago she had made her giant bed of webbing. She rearranged it every so often, moving the entrance, changing the shape. Probably just bored. Deireadh didn’t count. Could I possibly get through my shower without someone showing up to talk? Doubt it. It was almost a forgone conclusion someone would show up. At least Zuri didn’t speak.

Beard gone. It only took a minute and the faintest aroma of singed hair dissipated. They weren’t really clippers. The name just stuck, like so many others from the past. A micro laser between two arms attached to a handle rolled on small wheels across the skin. It left a small amount of growth behind.

Time to hit the shower. Zuri followed and sat down, which reminded me again how long it had been since I’d showered, since she had never seen it done.



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