Moon walked up the corridor and reached the main chamber of the floating island base.
The moment he stepped through the entrance, his subordinates recognized him immediately.
"The Base Lord is here!"
The voice came from somewhere near the eastern wall. Heads turned across the chamber. Conversations paused mid-word.
Several Evolvers who had been carrying equipment across the floor set their loads down and straightened up.
Most of the faces Moon saw were unfamiliar to him. New recruits who had joined the base during his absence, or people he had liberated during the pavilion clearing but hadn't spent significant time with since. Their expressions showed surprise, but non showed concern.
'They kept the news restricted from everyone except a select few. Well done.'
Moon nodded in approval internally.
Rowan, Talan, and the burly man had handled the situation exactly the way he would have wanted.
