She walked through the new section of newest building in Harborage, Storm walking right beside her as Allegria stayed a few paces back giving last minute taskings to a handful of Sergeants.

?Commander Ravenlock? it was going to take time to get used to that last part. She had been happy to go by Your Grace, or Commander Angelique or simply, Commander when it came to being addressed by members of the Town or The COS while on Duty. But since her ?Husband?s? Return and the Family, she agreed and finally let the public get their way, accepting Ravenlock as her Formal Last Name.

She was handed a small folder of papers, dossiers on a few people she?d requested, but the aide kept walking after a nod from Jenai.

They came to a rather large room, the front foyer to be exact. She had wanted a very obvious HeadQuarters. The Hub was taking shape well, the Council Hall, WarRoom, Their Warrant?s and ExO?s Offices, separate of course, Supply and Clerks, and her Sergeants Ready Rooms had all been completed. But a few more still had to be finished. Each room serving its own unique purpose, there was still the Library, the Armourer, Her office that required a few more steps to be considered complete.

The Hub would be the first thing people saw when they entered and a very important part of the COS even in slow times.

?I am pulling out a good amount of patrols within the City. Let the City Watch handle it. We will still maintain a presence, but mostly for allies and our own reasons.? She didn?t have to say what those were. But she would not throw people at problems when the City Watch could do that.

?Where is that Aide?? she stopped and looked around, few people here and there working construction on the interior, and others carrying closed boxes. Jenai snagged one of them with a single word.

?You.?
?yes? Ma?am,? It was a younger man, barely old enough to grow a beard but old enough to have a red burn scar barely hidden under his collar.
?I?m sorry, I don?t remember your name.?
?Dixon Ma?am?
?Dixon,? she?d remember that. ?I need you to do me a favor. Its a dangerous one but I won?t forget it.?
The boy started to lose his color. He was no soldier.
?I need you to find Kerri for me. Ask her to please come see me.?
At first he looked relieved then he recalled...
?The girl with the, ears, and the tail ,and the ..?
?The Woman with the ears and the tail and the.. Yeah Kerri. Tell your Master you are on an errand for me first so he won?t tan your ass. I?ll make it up to him later.?

Jenai didn't waste another minute on the matter and She and Storm started to walk away with Allegria catching up.

?I need you to find me this person right here,? she handed a folder to Gria as she stepped in sync. ?its important. Not only is this a diplomat...?
?A dwarf? Your Grace are you sure?? Allegria blinked.
?Diplomat,? She cut her back off. ? and as you know its for our troops safety, not theirs, we locate them and make sure they arrive comfortably.?

She handed a bit of paper to Storm as the three arrived in a quiet hallway leading to the back offices.

?I need to schedule a sit down with Batten. To all of them that helped I owe thanks. But he was of help and lent a hand to this valley before everything went to hell. We?ll see what these others can do, but if They can?t help, I want to see what Mr. Batten can do for us. I, we, will not be caught off guard again. Please see who we need to talk to to arrange a meeting or, dinner or whatever?? She knew Storm would know exactly what to do and how Jen might be able to arrange things.

?Red!? Came a voice down the hall and rather quickly. Jenai hadn?t even expected that quick of a response. It was hard to explain how she felt about, but this was one of the many faces she thought she would never see again and the thought had cut her to the bone.

?Kerri! I need you to find me one of these that can write, read, sit at the front desk, and make coffee.? She held out a sketch of a man-thra. Done by not just one, but two, sketch artists about 11 years old and what they think a male version of Kerri would look like.

The self proclaimed 'Queen of Mithra Mayhem' took a gander at the picture for about a minute or so. I mean like a straight 60 seconds and all that junk, man. An then she did it again, and then once more for the sheer hell of it, cause that's how she rolled, yo.

?They're getting better, an I like the part where he's wearing heavy duty boots for @ss an door kickin', but sure you want this, Red? I mean a Man-thra?? Come on Red, have ya even seen a man-like Mithra? You know there's a reason we keep em home an all that stuff. It's cause they can't fight for sh*t, and all they're good for is knockin' us up and takin' care of the kits. An they suck balls at the first one! So what are ya gonna do with... oh, you said coffee, writin' and all that sissified sh*t, huh? Well, I guess if it comes to that, I might be able to hunt ya one down, but we need to get somethin' straight, Red.?

The Mithra's emerald eyes landed on Jenai, ?Kerri don't baby-sit baby Mithras dig? I got two girls, an ONLY two girls I look after and that's when I ain't looking out for you an Rav-- Brian.?

?......... Damn, Red you don't gotta look at me like that! Listen I'll get yer kid for yas, so don't go looking at me, like I wizzed in yer bath tub, or somethin', 'kay??

?Sides, Red you already got yer work cut out for ya? Heh, that dwarf chick's, a effin' trip! I aim to party with her proper when this is done!?

Kerri rounded on Jenai with a wiggle of her tailed tush, and was off an runnin!

?One side slack asses, Momma's got work to do!?

A sudden burst of yells, and what sounded like a crate crashing followed.

?He did it!? cried out Kerri, as he laughter faded with her distance.