A troop of those in war training was sent, but since Serene was going Elliot petitioned to be allowed to go as well. Elliot presumed he was permitted to go because he had made such a powerful and inarguable case for himself, though he also heard Commander Rayburn mutter “the brat will just stow away again or do some other awful thing, why not just let him go and shut him up? Can nobody shut him up!”
