[Slice of Life] State of the Rats

[robkelk]

And another minor miscommunication. Ford was trying to hint to Yayoi what she could do to help - but really didn't want to have to outright ask because she was just too proud.

Beverly is already doing what Yayoi could do, and without it looking like somebody from Cislunar needed to jump in and play the Big Damn Hero role. Yayoi has been picking up some political know-how... (But if Kayabuki refuses to negotiate and more pressure needs to be applied, Yayoi's still there, watching and waiting.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012