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Yue had been briefed more by Donovan before they had left, so he could add more to Nadya's arguement. The only real worry he had was that the soldiers might accuse them of not having enough proof. Not everyone considered visions as proof and it wasn't like they had checked themselves.

Nadya showed no indication that she had heard him, but instead swept past him and into the tower. To reply would have shown that they were in fact in no position of authority whatsoever, and then there was a good chance they might not be able to see the Captain at all.

She headed up the stairs, trusting to Yue to follow her lead.

Captain Hathor was completely different from the soldiers that had been down on the walkway in that he was a Westland elf instead of Southland. That meant that he was blond instead of black-haired, and he was a bit taller than the others had been. His skin was a bit paler as well, though still darker than the average human's.

Though he seemed to be off-duty, he was still wearing his uniform, light armour, and blood-red cloak, and his sword was sheathed at his side and not tied down.

When he heard footsteps coming up the stairs, he stood in the center of his room and waited to see who it was.

The room itself was, despite being a barracks, quite nice. The floor and walls were stone, but the bed was nicely carved wood and it had a soft mattress and pillow and thick blankets. This of course was far better than the average soldier's fare, but, as he liked to joke, this was the reason he had worked so hard to gain the rank of Captain.

Having the feeling he was being subtly herded, Yue took the position on the right, he closed the door behind them. No point for prying eyes, even though there was little he could do about prying ears if there was anyone close.

He then turned to the Captain and stood with his hands behind his back as if he was about to give his daily report to the headmistress. He always felt more formal with his mother than Scott, Scott was a bit odd even for Yue.

Don't let him speak down to us, Nadya thought to Yue. As messengers from the Queen, we have the higher authority still, despite his rank.

Aloud, she said, "We have a message from Her Majesty, Queen Atalya."

She paused for a moment to gather her strength, though it also seemed to be a good effect.

"You and your men," she pronounced solemnly, "have either been neglecting your duties, which I don't doubt from what we saw only just now alone, or you have been taking part in activities that would have you tried and executed."

Hit them with something hard, and they'll admit to the lesser accusation ... she only hoped it would work. But it was true, in a way - if they were deliberately turning their backs on the activities that were going on in the settlement, they would be tried and executed for treason and child enslavement.

"Nonsense," the Captain frowned. "That's impossible. My men watch the dwarfs every moment of every day. There's no way they could be doing something like that."

He strode over to one window and looked out, then nodded. "See? You can see them there, watching just as they're supposed to."

"Have your men ever searched the cloaks of the 'children' that come with the humans?" Yue question coldly, "Or going out for that matter? Humans can be brought to do what the dwarves cannot. What is the point of exiling them if they still have their fingers in the outside world?"

After all these people were exiled for starting a war, they were watched to keep them from doing something to get back ath those that won. Yet, they still affected the outside world. Yue did not have to pretend to be cold, his experience as a xsecurity head, taught him thatthese people were not doing their job, and that if he had been in charge of their security would have irked ihim naturally.