As casually as possible, and certain that everyone's eyes were turning toher, Tain went to one of the rearmost carriers, stepped up the ramp andinside. They were also to acknowledge the Iryalan crownas the Administrator General of the network. Again Varlik didn'tmention the arsenal on Tyss, and withheld his belief in T'swa complicity. Then shestepped aside, disappearing, and Kristal found himself looking ontoanother roof.
(But there was asubliminal awareness that the alien might have had no hostile intention atall. Then, unofficially, he went into his supply room, steppedthrough the gate, and reported personally to Pitter Movrik, who did muchthe same thing to inform Lord Kristal on Iryala. We have not had anexplicit, stated policy since we lost the south. He then ended the meeting by reminding the diplomats of thecubeage they'd seen at the start of the meeting, of the devastation alongRoad 40.
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