Now it was Mother’s turn to groan. “Ugh, meaning enhanced interrogation.”
“A euphemism for t*****e, and everybody breaks sooner or later.”
“…and she would give up the information about Ipos’ illegal presence on Ghrain.”
“Not only that. Vapula and I stole a crate of weapons from the Orbiter!”
“You did what??”
“We stole a crate of weapons from the armory on the Orbiter and damn near got caught. If she had not been such a good actor, we’d have been thrown in the brig. And if Inna were to get caught, she’d give up Ipos and he’d be treated like a terrorist too.”
Mother ran her fingers through her copper-colored hair. “And when they broke him, he’d divulge your crimes.”
“Of course he would. And Ipos knows so much. A whole bunch of us would find ourselves in a penal colony on Tine-4.”
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