The Unstoppable Force and the Sometimes Movable Object, chapter 12
Quill tells Kalei more or less everything - including how her people would show affection to each other.
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“So, the war. The fight for your freedom. You told me you lost."
"Yes, we did." Quill's face has fallen and she is back to the quiet, controlled storyteller. "After months of fighting, I'd...well, I'd risen in the ranks. Quite by accident, actually."
"How do you rise in the ranks by accident?" Kalei laughs.
Quill shrugs. "By not dying. Commanders fall, you don't. Do well enough for long enough, before you know it you've got a command whether you wanted it or not."
"Did you?"
"I honestly have no idea," Quill admits, frowning, "It all happened so fast, I never really had time to stop and think about it. I had the necessary skills to do the job. I did it better than those who did it before me and as a bonus didn't die within the first three weeks of taking up the position. Our constantly changing leader was one of the reasons we couldn't quite build enough momentum - until that position fell to me."
"Wait, you were the leader of the whole rebellion?"
"There were posters all over the planet calling for my arrest," Quill recalls with a hint of pride in her tone, "Of course, they called me a terrorist, but the Quill knew the truth. That I was a freedom fighter, that I was committed to saving them no matter the cost."
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