"Reporters." She made a little noise in the back of her throat. "I assure you, we are very good about not letting them get in the front door. The media system in the Empire is - aggressively toxic. No, we don't want them here, so they stay out.
"And any scientist who showed up and said 'Hey, I hear you were involved with aliens who can reverse time and dissolve dimensions, mind if I poke at you so I can figure out how to do the same thing?' would get thrown into therapy pretty fast."
There were other Sissies who'd gotten lost in time and space and then returned to the Fleet; if anything it was a promotional tool, that people who couldn't necessarily prove exactly where they got their training could hire on. She'd already seen Howard's cleverness in action; she was certain that he would do well here. Although the truth-bound telepaths might throw him off a bit.
"I suppose I could try to return you to the Earth I visited, the one in this dimensions. There were no giant domes there, that I heard of. If you stay here, you'll have to learn Galactic Standard; I can speak English, but that's rare. This could help you learn," she said, indicating the AI marble. "And you came here in your clothes, and the oxygen in your brain didn't vanish when you jumped or you'd be dead. Hmm." She made a note to Horanckk to dig up a backpack for Howard, and stuff it with food bars and trade goods.
"I just - I don't want you to feel that I led you on, if I offer you a place and then you get dragged away. This is the best thing I can think of to offer," she said, letting the marble roll down her arm to join the others on the table.
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"And any scientist who showed up and said 'Hey, I hear you were involved with aliens who can reverse time and dissolve dimensions, mind if I poke at you so I can figure out how to do the same thing?' would get thrown into therapy pretty fast."
There were other Sissies who'd gotten lost in time and space and then returned to the Fleet; if anything it was a promotional tool, that people who couldn't necessarily prove exactly where they got their training could hire on. She'd already seen Howard's cleverness in action; she was certain that he would do well here. Although the truth-bound telepaths might throw him off a bit.
"I suppose I could try to return you to the Earth I visited, the one in this dimensions. There were no giant domes there, that I heard of. If you stay here, you'll have to learn Galactic Standard; I can speak English, but that's rare. This could help you learn," she said, indicating the AI marble. "And you came here in your clothes, and the oxygen in your brain didn't vanish when you jumped or you'd be dead. Hmm." She made a note to Horanckk to dig up a backpack for Howard, and stuff it with food bars and trade goods.
"I just - I don't want you to feel that I led you on, if I offer you a place and then you get dragged away. This is the best thing I can think of to offer," she said, letting the marble roll down her arm to join the others on the table.