The agent still did not understand. It could not be called a disappointment, because he had expected nothing more.

But in a sense, he was right to link him to the Council. "They will not see you as an asset. You stood against me, and in so doing illustrated the threat you pose to them. This will not be tolerated." Perhaps they had already enacted some plan to undermine him. "Intelligence no longer benefits from my protection, and my daughter will only continue to cause more chaos until she is deposed." In thwarting him, they had all failed.

He opened the medpac, taking out an injector of kolto and inspecting it. "But until I leave this planet, we will have a truce."