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"Dunno," said By. "At least one hand-picked Komarran officer is leaking information. Someone’s in for the long con. But at the moment, all I want to know is who Commodore Feran’s having dinner with these days. And, as it happens, he’s having dinner with the Empress’s second cousin who is also a distant relation of a Komarran family that bet on the wrong side during the revolt."
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Ivan stared after him, feeling that spinning sensation he’d come to identify as the centripetal force of a tightly focused will circling in on him. It was the sort of thing that Miles did when he needed someone to stand watch or do something illegal or carry his luggage. Ivan had a bad feeling about this, but he knew there was really only one option in situations like this: go quietly and keep your eyes open for the first chance to rabbit.
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"Dunno," said By. "At least one hand-picked Komarran officer is leaking information. Someone’s in for the long con. But at the moment, all I want to know is who Commodore Feran’s having dinner with these days. And, as it happens, he’s having dinner with the Empress’s second cousin who is also a distant relation of a Komarran family that bet on the wrong side during the revolt."
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Ivan stared after him, feeling that spinning sensation he’d come to identify as the centripetal force of a tightly focused will circling in on him. It was the sort of thing that Miles did when he needed someone to stand watch or do something illegal or carry his luggage. Ivan had a bad feeling about this, but he knew there was really only one option in situations like this: go quietly and keep your eyes open for the first chance to rabbit.