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<blockquote data-quote="jccohen" data-source="post: 5019252" data-attributes="member: 86256"><p><strong>A letter home...</strong></p><p></p><p>My lady Min-</p><p></p><p>By the time this letter finds you, I expect you to be settled in my home on Vestal. I do not know when I shall see you again, exactly, as not only is this team constantly sent on missions by Valiance, we consistently find trouble on our own and timeliness does not seem to be one of our virtues. Perhaps I shall need to tell Valiance that for that very reason, courier works is not our forte in the future.</p><p></p><p>By the time you read these words, I believe this situation will have resolved itself, one way or the other. I freely acknowledge that in the guise of writing to you and keeping you informed, I am also outlining my own thoughts and perhaps a new method of handling the situation will come to me.</p><p></p><p>You of course remember Anton? He won that load of clones from your brother. I don't know if you knew the background on these clones; I'd like to think you'd have told me if you did, or more ascribing a more selfish motive, your family would have demanded them returned. They are... perhaps I shouldn't say explicitly, but they are dangerous, but potentially powerful. The others want them to be freed, and perhaps that is the right thing to do - I have very little opinion on the slavery of clones. But these particular clones, uncontrolled, is a thing I can not abide. They are to dangerous.</p><p></p><p>There is a control mechanism, and I used it. I had no right to do so as they are Anton's property, although he doesn't believe they are property so I find his use of that argument a bit hypocritical. I don't particularly want or need control over these clones, except in my darkest desires, but I know they need to be controlled, and the only way I knew they'd be controlled is if I did this. It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission, in this regard, although it has not been particularly easy to gain forgiveness. Anton and I are not friends, nor are we the kind who would be friends, but I want a mutual respect, and I disrespected him by doing this, and lost what respect for him I had built up.</p><p></p><p>It was necessary.</p><p></p><p>Anton will not act against me directly, and he made a good point - if anyone on this ship has anything close to a right to control these clones, its Carter. Carter doesn't want it, of course, and I knew that. He may wind up with it anyway. Or we may free them without a control. On a world where they lacked sufficient ability to strike against citizens, that might be allowable.</p><p></p><p>My new assistant, Saffron, is a capable fellow who so far has stood up to my abuse. I actually need to abuse him less; there's a difference between professional detachment and criminal indifference.</p><p></p><p>I hope you are settling in well, and that access to my properties and accounts has been granted fairly easily. Valiance *should* be taking care of that. I know that the men and women on Vestal are not the company you are used to, but they may see you as a curiosity and try to make friends. Or they may make fun of you. It is my sincere hope that by the time I see you again, you'll have made the former, and not taken the head off the latter.</p><p></p><p>Until then - Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jccohen, post: 5019252, member: 86256"] [b]A letter home...[/b] My lady Min- By the time this letter finds you, I expect you to be settled in my home on Vestal. I do not know when I shall see you again, exactly, as not only is this team constantly sent on missions by Valiance, we consistently find trouble on our own and timeliness does not seem to be one of our virtues. Perhaps I shall need to tell Valiance that for that very reason, courier works is not our forte in the future. By the time you read these words, I believe this situation will have resolved itself, one way or the other. I freely acknowledge that in the guise of writing to you and keeping you informed, I am also outlining my own thoughts and perhaps a new method of handling the situation will come to me. You of course remember Anton? He won that load of clones from your brother. I don't know if you knew the background on these clones; I'd like to think you'd have told me if you did, or more ascribing a more selfish motive, your family would have demanded them returned. They are... perhaps I shouldn't say explicitly, but they are dangerous, but potentially powerful. The others want them to be freed, and perhaps that is the right thing to do - I have very little opinion on the slavery of clones. But these particular clones, uncontrolled, is a thing I can not abide. They are to dangerous. There is a control mechanism, and I used it. I had no right to do so as they are Anton's property, although he doesn't believe they are property so I find his use of that argument a bit hypocritical. I don't particularly want or need control over these clones, except in my darkest desires, but I know they need to be controlled, and the only way I knew they'd be controlled is if I did this. It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission, in this regard, although it has not been particularly easy to gain forgiveness. Anton and I are not friends, nor are we the kind who would be friends, but I want a mutual respect, and I disrespected him by doing this, and lost what respect for him I had built up. It was necessary. Anton will not act against me directly, and he made a good point - if anyone on this ship has anything close to a right to control these clones, its Carter. Carter doesn't want it, of course, and I knew that. He may wind up with it anyway. Or we may free them without a control. On a world where they lacked sufficient ability to strike against citizens, that might be allowable. My new assistant, Saffron, is a capable fellow who so far has stood up to my abuse. I actually need to abuse him less; there's a difference between professional detachment and criminal indifference. I hope you are settling in well, and that access to my properties and accounts has been granted fairly easily. Valiance *should* be taking care of that. I know that the men and women on Vestal are not the company you are used to, but they may see you as a curiosity and try to make friends. Or they may make fun of you. It is my sincere hope that by the time I see you again, you'll have made the former, and not taken the head off the latter. Until then - Paul [/QUOTE]
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