Chapter 563: 563 Would We Do That?

"Greetings ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Terminus. I am Commander Keres and it is a pleasure to meet you this morning. I have brought my advisor and a pair of technicians with me today in case you had some technical questions but in our culture, I am the only one you need to complete any sort of simple business dealings." Max greeted the assembled aliens.

Their bark rough skin showed very little emotion, but Max could tell in their thoughts that they hadn't realized that their minds could be read, which meant that they didn't know the advisor was an Illithid.

[Would you suspect me if you saw me standing next to the others?] The advisor asked, referring to the Reaver outfit he was in and the cosmetic changes he had made to his environmental suit's appearance.

[Good point. You're much better styled now than you were before.]