> Ael joined her in the laughter. "Well, perhaps I'm mellowing as I grow
> older," she said almost wistfully. "Or, perhaps, not having found many
> worthy opponents in battle these past several years I felt it was time to
> move on to new and hopefully interesting challenges."
"Judging from what I observed at yesterday's meeting, I'd say you have most
definitely done that."
Ael's smile turned a bit crooked. "A different kind of warfare, to be certain, but no less deadly or even dangerous, I suspect."
Bedru took a sip of her beverage and said, "Ambassador, that meeting is the
reason why I asked to speak with you. I realize that I do not know Ambassador
Rilg well, but I don't buy that his government was so interested in the fate of
a Cardassian that it had spies on hand to check on him. Nor do I believe that
he gave that information away gratis. Somebody else is involved here."
> older," she said almost wistfully. "Or, perhaps, not having found many
> worthy opponents in battle these past several years I felt it was time to
> move on to new and hopefully interesting challenges."
"Judging from what I observed at yesterday's meeting, I'd say you have most
definitely done that."
Ael's smile turned a bit crooked. "A different kind of warfare, to be certain, but no less deadly or even dangerous, I suspect."
Bedru took a sip of her beverage and said, "Ambassador, that meeting is the
reason why I asked to speak with you. I realize that I do not know Ambassador
Rilg well, but I don't buy that his government was so interested in the fate of
a Cardassian that it had spies on hand to check on him. Nor do I believe that
he gave that information away gratis. Somebody else is involved here."
Ael met the woman's eyes. Why were so many people so intent upon trying to get a confession out of her? Wasn't this type of intrigue simply accepted in diplomacy, as she had always suspected it was? "It is possible that you underestimate our friend Ambassador Rilg," she said simply, far from an untruth. Many beings underestimated Ferengi's in general. "THough, I admit, it may well be possible that this information originated elsewhere, yet Ambassador Rilg may have seemed like the more worthy conduit." If she wanted an admission, she'd have to work a lot harder to get it.
Not that she would get it, but Ael refused to believe that Bedru didn't know where the information came from.
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