Which can only be by deliberate design, if it was indeed a trap... a trap of surpassing subtlety. Almost Cetagandan, you might say.
"It had to have taken days, maybe weeks, of preparation. We didn't even know we were coming here till two weeks ago. When did it arrive at the Marilacan embassy?"
"Last night, according to Bernaux," Vorob'yev supplies.
"Before we even arrived." Therefore, also before they met the mystery fugitive. Logically speaking, it couldn't possibly have followed from that incident. Miles is not wholly sure he trusts the comforting solidity of this logic. "How long have we been scheduled for that party?"
"The embassies arranged the invitations about three days ago."
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Date: 2014-07-09 10:16 pm (UTC)Which can only be by deliberate design, if it was indeed a trap... a trap of surpassing subtlety. Almost Cetagandan, you might say.
"It had to have taken days, maybe weeks, of preparation. We didn't even know we were coming here till two weeks ago. When did it arrive at the Marilacan embassy?"
"Last night, according to Bernaux," Vorob'yev supplies.
"Before we even arrived." Therefore, also before they met the mystery fugitive. Logically speaking, it couldn't possibly have followed from that incident. Miles is not wholly sure he trusts the comforting solidity of this logic. "How long have we been scheduled for that party?"
"The embassies arranged the invitations about three days ago."