>   "Then you have picked a good day to do just that." he said smiling.
"Shall we go in."

She nodded and went with him.

>As they turned to enter the hall, another officer entered the doors just
behind them.  It was Rear Admiral Tyrus Lasiter, and he looked perplexed by
something.  Not at the two standing in front of him, but something else.
It took nearly three seconds before he recognized that the two others were
Starfleet.  He was definately running over something in his head.
>
>"Oh, excuse me.  Vice Admiral Kitanya, Commander, please excuse my manners."

"Not at all, Admirrral," she said, noting his preoccupation.

>"If you both will excuse me, I need to see Admiral Kettering." he said as
he walked past them.
>
>   "That was strange.  He is one of the calm and collected ones." the
Commander commented.

"I know," she nodded.  She wondered what Lasiter had told him after she'd
left.  It was something that bore heavily on the younger Lasiter's mind.
"Well, let's get this show on the rrroad."  She was preparing in her mind
what she would say if Kettering wanted a showdown that night.  She doubted
he'd call her out so fast; he would have no real information and he didn't
seem the type to get into a situation where he didn't know how it would
turn out.  But she was prepared, just in case.

When she went in, she greeted people in a friendly manner, smiling, shaking
hands, playing the politician.  This had to look real, and she had played
the game enough in her time to know how to proceed.  She talked to
everyone, including those in the Kettering camp, just to try and make them
second-guess themselves.  

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