In our hands, or in yours, Reshad? If the heptarchate could keep 'you' and 'thou' distinct, it would save so much trouble. Sasha will have to go over the silent conversation again later, with Aymad and one of the Rahal.

"Thank you. I believe I mentioned, Jedao has been corresponding with an anonymous Nirai. There is a draft of a message protesting the collateral damage from an experimental weapon design, but he never sent it. We'll want confirmation, but I expect Jedao's correspondent and this co-conspirator are identical."

Sasha folds her hands together. If this were a Naxorian strategy session, she'd toast again to signal a shift in topic, but half the room is still cradling glasses of arak as if they came from Ashari, and uneven rounds are the opposite of auspicious. "One question that arises: are our adversaries cooperating with each other? We know that Jedao's co-conspirator--let's call him Comet--was interested in the rifts, and that Jedao believes he is undying. We know that Quill wanted to eliminate Jedao, or at very least keep him from all knowledge of the rifts. Might these be related? What evidence would we need to confirm or disprove this hypothesis?"