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((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.]

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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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The Courtyard of Public Opinion. [Imagine him nodding to himself right here.] You're right. That makes a lot of sense.

[A part of why he want to reveal this to the public at large is because he likes the idea of the rest of the kedan holding Yunxu accountable. He won't be able to slither out of this with the whole city watching. The Courtyard of Public Opinion should accomplish that nicely.]

Have you talked to Solomon about this yet?

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It seems like it might make a useful middle ground.

[Why is he asking about Solomon...?]

Hm? No.

I did warn him I would be hiding something from him, but that it was about other lives, and not my secret. That was it.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's figured much of it out, however. Why do you ask?

Well, he already figured out that Milyn wasn't dead. He just used his death sight at the clinic. [How did none of them realize how stupidly easy that would be for him.] He thinks we should talk to the family heads.

[Tony's not sure how he feels about that. He's throwing it out there because Raine is usually ~~always~~ more levelheaded than he is, and maybe she'll have some insight.]

...Ah. I'm not surprised, no.

[Raine considers. The family heads, hm?]

As a measure of respect for the structure of the kedan authority in the city, I assume. Yes, that makes some sense. Especially given that we made the decision about Milyn unilaterally.

Yeah, but... Yunxu is one of the family heads, [Tony points out. Again. Why does no one think this is as much of a problem as he does?]

Precisely.

[Raine tilts her head.]

It's hardly as though Yunxu will be the only one informed. There was only so long this secret could have been hidden, in any case; if everyone is informed, then everyone will know to look at him should something go wrong.

[A delicate way to describe more attacks on Milyn.]

He is almost certainly going to learn regardless.

Hm. [That's a skepticism-flavored 'hm,' with a teaspoon of stubborn and a dash of troubled for flavor.

Another possibility has just occurred to him, and he doesn't like it.] Do you think he planned for this? Doing something this public and extreme... it doesn't seem in-character for Yunxu.

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