Ael held the woman's steady gaze for a few moments, allowing the silence to
> settle. Finally she shrugged, and lifted her mimosa to her lips yet again.
> "If pushed to speculate," she said, "I would wonder if perhaps the
> information had not come into the hands of a group whose mutual animosity
> with the Cardassians was so great as to make the information immediately
> suspect were it to come from that group. It is my understanding that the
> Ferengi did what they felt was necessary to independently verify the
> information, thus helping to dispel the notion that this was done simply to
> undermine the Cardassians which, I feel fairly comfortable presuming, was not
> at all the intent."
So much said without admitting anything. Bedru smiled. "Ah, yes, I'm sure that
they were solely motivated by the wish to see a former colleague freed." She
even managed to sound sincere, though with no expectation that Ael would
believe that.
"Has this other 'group' considered the possibility that the Cardassians might
not be receptive to the Council's intervention?"
> settle. Finally she shrugged, and lifted her mimosa to her lips yet again.
> "If pushed to speculate," she said, "I would wonder if perhaps the
> information had not come into the hands of a group whose mutual animosity
> with the Cardassians was so great as to make the information immediately
> suspect were it to come from that group. It is my understanding that the
> Ferengi did what they felt was necessary to independently verify the
> information, thus helping to dispel the notion that this was done simply to
> undermine the Cardassians which, I feel fairly comfortable presuming, was not
> at all the intent."
So much said without admitting anything. Bedru smiled. "Ah, yes, I'm sure that
they were solely motivated by the wish to see a former colleague freed." She
even managed to sound sincere, though with no expectation that Ael would
believe that.
"Has this other 'group' considered the possibility that the Cardassians might
not be receptive to the Council's intervention?"
There was a moment's silence as Ael tried to decide if the woman was for real. She finally sighed. "I should think," she said finally, "that any group used to having dealins with the CArdassians would *know* that the Cardassians would not be at all receptive to anyone's intervention. No one could possibly be that naive."
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Randy
Randy
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