“They want to draw events out, show the galaxy the slow horror.”
“I suppose that's all it is,” conceded Ondo.
“You think there's more to it.”
“I think we're witnessing factional infighting within Concordance. My suspicion is that Godel was despatched to Migdala as a warning to her, as much as anything. Primo Carious is no fool. Godel would no doubt have loved to have built a shroud or obliterated a continent or two, and I suspect Carious is exerting his control over her by stopping her from doing so. He's humiliating her.”
“She's not going to like that.”
“Which probably explains her overreaction at Senefore, when you were nearly killed. She will claim that she had no alternative when it came to restoring order.”
“If I were her, being whipped into line would only make me more determin
