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“THAT WAS A very bold move,” Veyada said.
“I would have called it crazy myself,” Thayu said. “Where does she assume the right to talk to you like that?”
“Do you really think she’s been using this data to blackmail people?” Veyada asked.
I met his eyes. “I think so. Within a day, we’ve had almost every party in this negotiation be the subject of an attack. Federza was shot at—and he was genuinely scared. He of course knew about his part, that they had this communication from the ship and had kept it secret. If we catch up with him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d been trying to discreetly give the information to the assembly without getting killed by his kinsfolk. It would be fine if Delegate Ayanu had planned on using it in the assembly, but she would have called a sitting if that w
