Valtris followed the woman into the  hall, which was already empty.  "Excuse
me, Ambassador.  Could  I  have a moment of your time?" she asked.  The tone
was sincere  but clearly held the biting edge of her unhappiness.

The Cardassian had  been walking down the corridor with little attention to
those around her.   Her mind was deep in thought.  Things had not gone well
in the  meeting.  In fact, they had gone quite badly.  She was surprised to
see the Federation so willing to get involved in the foreign affairs of 
others. Their beloved Prime Directive usually excluded them from getting 
involved.

It was in this condition that she turned to face the woman who had spoken to
her so she was surprised to find that it was the Klingon Valtris, who was
not one of her favorite people.  She decided that, for now, being pleasant
might be the easist thing to do.  "How may I help you, roj'utlh Valtris?"
she asked.

"I wanted to talk to you about what happened in there," replied the Klingon.
  "I don't understand why you would have thought that the Council was going
to let what you were reporting to us go without concern.  Part of our duty
is to protect the inalienable personal rites of all the citizens of Council
member worlds."

Valtris was not the only Council representative with an interest in speaking
with Damesh.  Grand Proxy Rilg had also decided he wanted a word with her.
He was not sure why he was so interested in this  matter, but he clearly was
concerned with this woman and the actions that her  government had taken
with its former representative.

As the Klingon spoke, Melora noticed that the two of them were not alone.
The Ferengi was standing not too far away watching  them.  She was going to
have a  word with that swine when she was finished with Valtris.  He had
been a big cause for her recent difficulties.

Valtirs noticed the icy blue eyes of the Cardassian was honing in on
something besides her speaking partner and turned toward what she was
looking at to see the Ferengi representative.  She turned back to the
Cardassian, though, to await a response to her comment.

Melora realized that she was probably taking more time to answer the Klingon's concerns than she meant to.  "I only do what I am told to do by my government, Ambassador.  That is what we all must do."
 
(Valtris?)
 
"I do not have to answr to you.  You are not my superior, and you are definitely not providing me with friendly advice.  I understand the concerns of the Council, but it is actually none of its business what happens to the citizens of the Cardassian Union as long as we are following accepted behavior."
 
(Valtris?)
 
While the women continued to speak, Rilg also stuck around.  He listened in with curiosity to what they had to say.  He had to admit that it was the calmest that he had seen them interact.  It was clear that they more than disliked each other.
 
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