> "It is really our good fortune to have a Jirr'ith-wielderrr of Clan
Mikan in our humble group. Perhaps even more fortunate is Karachi for not
provoking you further." he replied giving the pig a look to punctuate his
point.
> "Would you have any thoughts on our previously asked questions,
Admiral Kitanya?" he said taking a seat to yield the floor. "How and who
shoudl approach Admiral Lasiter and just what should we do if and when he
ignores us."
She knew about the staff meeting in the morning, what would be said, and
that it would become public soon after, so she could preach patience and be
proven right. "Who is a good question. I mean no offense, but it should
be an admirrral. Such worrrds have morrre weight the morrre
rrresponsibility a perrrson has. As to how... I would counsel an initial
delicate prrrobing to see wherrre it will go. If he's interrrested, then a
morrre forrrceful and solid confrrrontation, admirrral to admirrral. That
way he knows we'rrre serrious but we won't be a thrrreat to him unless he
lets down the ideals we believe in, the ideals of the founderrrs of the
Federrration." She took a long breath. "If he ignorrres us, that's what
we'rrre herrre to discuss. I would still say patience is the best rrroad
to follow forrr the shorrrt terrrm. If we don't prrractice what we
prrreach, rrrespect forrr the fleet and the system and trrraditions it has
developed overrr the centurrries, then we arrre worrrse than those who
would brrring it down; we arrre hypocrrrites, the worrrst kind of
trrraitorr. We have to give him a chance and rrrespect the chain of
command until therrre is no otherrr choice."
(eh?)
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