( there's something about the way he says that, that grabs tej's interest. her face blossoms with fresh hope. )
Is he here? And Byerly?
( she might not be able to have her family here, if she's the only jacksonian, but-- ivan xav and byerly. not that she trusts the smaller man, but what was it that ivan xav had said? that his loyalty to the imperium was trustworthy. it would do, and he knew her secret and she his. )
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Is he here? And Byerly?
( she might not be able to have her family here, if she's the only jacksonian, but-- ivan xav and byerly. not that she trusts the smaller man, but what was it that ivan xav had said? that his loyalty to the imperium was trustworthy. it would do, and he knew her secret and she his. )