Reah, I know you're not happy with us right now, but we didn't order the firebombing. RAA moved without consulting us.
And I'm supposed to believe that?
Reah, you're being disrespectful with a superior. I didn't answer him. If he knew how disrespectful I wanted to be -- I was staring at Xiri's bones, after all. I sobbed. Reah? Reah, are you still there?
You be respectful, Vice-Director, the next time a friend's bones lie beneath your hand. I cut off the communication. Lendill didn't try again.
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