Eugene did expect something to be wrong. When he applied for the cadets’ Sir Deon was smiling as if he expected as such. From the moment she left the fortress. Eugene felt as if he was a failure to save his sister again. The moment she entered and did not defend herself in front of Captain Laudren was the worst thing he had to handle.
He could not believe that she was someone who would abandon anyone. General Baliyo said he would handle it, but he did not expect it would be to set her off. By the time he knew about it, she was already gone. He could not explain bring himself to explain what happened to uncle Justin.
The time when Aluma finally came forward and confirmed the statement it was already too late to bring her back. He did send her letters to come back for a retrial, but there was no answer. Only an official reply came as from her directed towards the captain.