>Screw that...why'd he boggle? We work HARD to make people
>boggle...okay, shattering is good, but still...

I don't remember offhand (I have the amazing ability to forget a lot of what I read...thereby allowing me ot re-read it and get almost the same amount of enjoyment a second/third/fourth/nth time :)

I'm pretty sure the boggling was due to the whole...well, wait...I can say that...that's a SPOILER...
let's just say that the mech that's donated, and who it's donated to
...
and LONG HAIR???
boggle

I don't remember the shatterring offhand, either...and nothing is springing to mind, unfortunately

by the way...for some odd reason, the Arcadia strikes mental chordes of vorlonism...is that just me?