LAST EDITED ON Dec-25-19 AT 03:34 AM (EST)
 

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>"Look at it this way," the admiral told her. "If that really is
>Virginia Shepard, and we get in her way, she'll just go through us.
>If she isn't, and we let her keep doing what she's doing,
>she'll be killed." He shrugged slightly. "And therefore no longer
>our problem."
>

It's nice that the admiral doesn't bother pointing out the obvious value of letting if-it-is-Shepard continue on her way; to wit, that she'll solve the shit out of the problem at hand. It shows some respect for his listener.

Peter Eng
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