"What do you mean, you"re not going back?" Ay-ttho asked Sevan.
"There"s nothing for me in the Republic. I"ve been used and now I"m going to return to what?"
"But you can"t stay here."
"Why not?"
"You don"t speak the same language. You don"t even know whether the bacteria and viruses in this galaxy will kill you."
"Why is that a problem all of a sudden? It wasn"t a problem when we met the khalgoin."
"He has a point," said Tori. "We have been very relaxed with our protocols until now."
"What are you going to eat?" asked Ay-ttho.
"I"m sure they have food."
"Sevan, we are your friends. You might not remember it, but we"ve been through a lot together."
"Just to train me to go to the khalgoin from what I"ve been told."
"It"s not like that. Tori and I were not in on the conspiracy. I
