Kel turned on him angrily. “Do we really need Hetton’s permission? Are we children? Are we incapable of acting on our own?” “He’s our leader,” Paak muttered sullenly. “He tells us what to do.” “So does the Republic Senate,” Zannah chimed in. “Isn’t this the very thing you’re fighting against? Obedience to a master—any master—is still slavery.”
