But he said, “You came here asking for my advice. Here it is. Get to the governments as fast as you can. Go to all of them—Annulus, Homeworld, the Confederation, Earth. Be generous and humble. They won’t trust you at first, but then they’ll love you.”
Henry, predictably, grew suspicious. “You’re just saying that because you want Mileen protected.”
“Of course I want her protected, but it’s also the best thing to do.”
“Think of what we’ll get out of it, Mykol—what she’ll get out of it.”
Ranglen then realized that Henry was doing this all for her. A Clip would make the greatest wedding present in history. For once Henry wasn’t thinking about business—he was being romantic.
“Henry, listen to me. Sure the first Clip made its discoverers rich. But the second Clip was fought over and people
