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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1707764" data-attributes="member: 515">Chapter VIIDate: 166-993 Location: Bray Keaven's berth, Sentry DownportAfter the envelope is out of the way, Swann stands up, rubs a hand across his face as he looks around the lounge, then says, "Well, first I think we owe Kevon an apology, and an explanation." Turning to Kevon, he says, "When the rest of us were first assigned to the Bray Keaven for the relief mission to Alief, we discovered a couple of surprises." Swann concisely, but completely recounts the discovery of the bomb and the starflower plants for Kevon, and the crews’ resulting actions. "When we finished at Aleif, we had a real problem. We didn’t know if the bomb and the plants were connected. We decided to hold onto the plants, in hopes that they would lead us to whoever planted the bomb. That way we hoped to discover if we were in any more danger, and if so, try to eliminate that danger. "Unfortunately, when you joined our crew, you placed yourself in danger, but were not aware of it. And that’s not right — if a sophant is going to be in danger, he should have all the relevant data so he knows what he’s getting into. We didn’t give you that opportunity. I’m sorry for that. "The reason we didn’t tell you about the starflower plants is twofold. First, since we didn’t know you, we didn’t trust you. We knew and trusted your cousin, and believed you probably were trustworthy, but we didn’t know for sure. The timing of the situation didn’t afford us the opportunity to all get to know each other better before critical decisions had to be made. "Secondly, and most importantly, we were trying to protect you. As you may or may not know, possession of the plants carries a death penalty. If we had been caught with the plants, we hoped that your ignorance of their existence would at least save you from execution. But as I’ve already said, it was wrong of us to make that decision for you — you should have been the one to decide if you wanted to put your life at risk in that manner." "I certainly would’ve preferred the information going into this thing, but I fully understand why you didn’t feel comfortable sharing your secrets," Kevon says. "And, for the record, only my exemplary naval service and father’s influence would have kept me from execution, regardless of my claim that I knew nothing about the plants. We’ve executed people with less involvement with that sort of contraband." Ian speaks up: "Well, while we are laying it all out on the table, might as well mention the ‘mystery boxes’ in the other fuel processor, eh?" he says with a sly grin, glancing at Kevon. "We should dump those, too — just on general principles," Saro grumps. "Damn all if they’re worth one tetracredit each. The way things are going, they’ll come alive some night and suck our brains out through our rear ends."</blockquote>

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