I started to stand, but Quatra paused.
“Are you really sure about doing this?” she asked in a softer tone. I shot her a questioning look and she shrugged. “You have a long history with Maunhouser. I don’t claim to understand it all, dear, but I’ve picked up enough to know you have good reason not to like them. So, are you really willing to work with them to stop Oversight? To deploy with a team of theirs? To let them on the Essta at all?”
I didn’t reply at first. I suppose I’d been asking myself many of those same questions. Finally, I turned back to Quatra. “Yeah,” I said. “I am. There’s more at stake here than my history with Maunhouser. And for that, I’m will to do what must be done. I still don’t trust them, and I never will, but I think we can use them this time. We’ll be ready for
