“There was that situation on Vandywhere he killed a man,” Westphil said.
“Self-defense. I would have done thesame as would you, Stefan.”
“I would have never gone to Vandy inthe first place.”
“Probably good advice to stay awayfrom Vandy but we are glad he knew the Crit with a conscience. Theaudio is not great but it’s good enough.”
Gen. Custer nodded. “The sound isfuzzy and so is the picture. But we can make out the images andsomeof the discussion has been transcribed but not translated yet. Sounless the Crit faked it somehow, and I don’t see why he would, wehave to consider it valid. That’s assuming we believe Starret’sstory about a disloyal Crit. We’ve never had one before but I seeno reason Starret would tell us a lie.”
“Like you, general, I don’t believeStarret faked it. While a ro
