Reah, I know you're not happy with us right now, but we didn't order the firebombing. RAA moved without consulting us.

And I'm supposed to believe that?

Reah, you're being disrespectful with a superior. I didn't answer him. If he knew how disrespectful I wanted to be—I was staring at Xiri's bones, after all. I sobbed. Reah? Reah, are you still there?

You be respectful, Vice-Director, the next time a friend's bones lie beneath your hand. I cut off the communication. Lendill didn't try again.