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"All right," said Da'kea, coming up beside me. I was lying down on the couch in front of the fireplace, just staring at the fake flames like they held all the answers to the universe in them.

And maybe they did.

Maybe the answer to everything was to burn it all down and start again.

Scooping me up, he walked us over to the other end of the living room, where there was the smaller, round table with six chairs. Each one of my guys was sitting in one, the only empty chair being Da'kea's. I wondered how out of it I had to be not to realize that they were here.

"Here is the list of planets that are suitable for habitation," continued Da'kea as he settled me in his arms and passed me a tablet.