It was the Foreign Minister, Lord Cairswin, who broke the silence, afterfirst rising, as protocol required. And I was scared. Together his three ships emerged into real-space, Tso-Bansharing the commodore's moment of mild disorientation. Even if he couldn'taccept it as truth.
(Previously they had been purchased from various worlds, based on themost favorable delivery price available. Torealize immediately what had happened: a tree had split from the intensecold. I might as well go out like a T'swa, he told himself. I also thought it just might break theircommodore's will to persist.
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