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tushanshu2016-05-07 03:04 am
highprofilerichkid) wrote in tushanshu2016-05-07 03:04 am
[Radio]
((In response to all this nonsense.))
Yes. Milyn's alive. We faked her death so nobody would get it into their head to try again. Maybe it wasn't the best thing to do, but we didn't have much time to make a decision. I'm sorry we lied to all of you.
And before anyone asks, no, we're not handing her over to anyone for any of her proven or unproven crimes. Keeliai has the right to decide if she's guilty or not and what her punishment should be, but it'll be when there's a real representative government and a real judicial system in place, and when we've figured out what the hell is going on. Not before then. Because right now, the city is basically being run by the guy who probably tried to have her assassinated. I'm not handing her over to anything less than a fair trial. That's not up for negotiation. If you've got a problem with that, you can bring it to me.
[He may not have liked this plan, but he went along with it, and it's his responsibility to own it.]
Also, if anyone's thinking of going after her again...
[There's an odd emphasis on "anyone" - Tony knows the Foreigners probably aren't the only ones listening in.]
Don't bother.
[Cold, hard, final. The message is clear: Milyn is protected.]
[[Private, to Valdis]]
I'm sorry. [His voice is softer now. He sounds genuinely troubled.] I wanted to tell you. I didn't want you to think it was your fault for getting her killed.
I was outside when they were healing her, and everybody had already come up with the plan by the time I went back in - we all promised we wouldn't tell anyone who wasn't there. I... I don't know. I wish I'd handled it better. We should have told you.
Yes. Milyn's alive. We faked her death so nobody would get it into their head to try again. Maybe it wasn't the best thing to do, but we didn't have much time to make a decision. I'm sorry we lied to all of you.
And before anyone asks, no, we're not handing her over to anyone for any of her proven or unproven crimes. Keeliai has the right to decide if she's guilty or not and what her punishment should be, but it'll be when there's a real representative government and a real judicial system in place, and when we've figured out what the hell is going on. Not before then. Because right now, the city is basically being run by the guy who probably tried to have her assassinated. I'm not handing her over to anything less than a fair trial. That's not up for negotiation. If you've got a problem with that, you can bring it to me.
[He may not have liked this plan, but he went along with it, and it's his responsibility to own it.]
Also, if anyone's thinking of going after her again...
[There's an odd emphasis on "anyone" - Tony knows the Foreigners probably aren't the only ones listening in.]
Don't bother.
[Cold, hard, final. The message is clear: Milyn is protected.]
[[Private, to Valdis]]
I'm sorry. [His voice is softer now. He sounds genuinely troubled.] I wanted to tell you. I didn't want you to think it was your fault for getting her killed.
I was outside when they were healing her, and everybody had already come up with the plan by the time I went back in - we all promised we wouldn't tell anyone who wasn't there. I... I don't know. I wish I'd handled it better. We should have told you.
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