>         Lasiter thought for a moment.  Replying only when he had given it 
>a second to process.  "You could not be more right.  I will be weary of 
>him. Thank you for the heads up.  Any other thoughts, impressions that you 
>care to share?"  Lasiter wanted those more than anything.  She was a good 
>officer with a good name.  Plus her species, gave her a sent advantage.....

She thought for a few moments.  "Yourrr brrrotherr trrrusts you, I think," 
she said finally.  "He's not surrre what you'rrre doing, but he knows it's 
forrr a good rrreason.  Keterrrring, on the otherrr hand, does not trrrust 
you.  You may be rrright, that he has his eyes on the CinC position.  But, 
the one good thing is that Ketterrrring trrrusts Tyrrrus, and frrrom what I 
could see, Tyrrrus is well-rrrespected.  If you can prrrove to yourrr 
brrrotherr that yourrr intentions arrre good, you may be able to eitherrr 
get Keterrrring to follow you, orrr at the verrry least, develop a sizable 
schism, with Tyrrrus rrremoving a larrrge parrrt of Keterrrring's supporrrt 
frrrom beneath him if he does decide to oppose you.  Therrre is a Vulcan as 
well, that would be worrrthwhile to courrrt.  He wants to judge you on 
yourrr merrrits, not the hype the Tellarrrites push."  She gave his name, as 
well as others and her impressions just from observing.  "These werre the 
quiet ones, the ones that I sensed hostility towarrrd calls forrr immediate 
action, who wanted to see this out.  They arrre all tirrred of the 
rrrevolving doorrr that has become yourrr position, sirrr, but therrre arrre 
still those who want to give you a chance.  But therrre arrre some, like the 
Tellarrrite, that have alrrready made up theirrr minds.  Be carrreful of 
them, but don't discount them.  Tellarrrites can be foul, but if you win 
them overrr, they arrre extrrremely loyal.  I sense that frrrom this one.  
He's loud and vocal and obnoxious, but if you prrrove yourrrself to him, 
he'll go to the mat forrr you.  He doesn't want yourrr position, he just 
wants a leaderrr he can rrrespect.  I think that goes forrr a lot of them 
therrre."

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