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Blumhaven set down his drink. "Recently, a special audit of the E-Tech stasis vaults uncovered a
discrepancy. It seems that the stasis capsule that was supposed to contain Gillian and Nick was switched
with another capsule. A bit of chicanery, I'm afraid. We can't seem to locate the Gillian/Nick stasis
capsule anywhere."

The lion remained silent.

"And last night, of course, a man used a Cohe wand in Sirak-Brath, and with a great degree of
expertise, according to witnesses. Since the killers responsible for the Order of the Birch massacres have
never employed that particular weapon, and since Gillian is known to be an expert with the Cohe,
E-Tech was wondering if GillianтАФand NickтАФcould have been awakened from their stasis sleep?"

"It certainly sounds possible."

Blumhaven gave a forced chuckle. "Yes . . . very possible. And if so, that means that there is quite
possibly a traitor in the E-Tech vaultsтАФa highly skilled programmer with confidential access to the
E-Tech stasis vaults, and probably the data archives as well.

"Since it is well known that the lion of Alexander has been an advocate for awakening these two men
from stasis, E-Tech was wondering if youтАФor any of your CosteausтАФmight have some knowledge of
these troubling events?"

The lion smiled grimly. Do you think I'm a complete idiot? Do you think I'm going to admit that Inez.
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Hernandez., Adam Lu Sang from the data vaults, and myself conspired to awaken the Paratwa hunters
from their Jiffy-six year sleep?

Blumhaven, seeing that no answer was forthcoming, continued. "Since you personally knew Gillian a long
time ago, our people believe that he might try to contact you." The Councillor licked his lips. "Could this
have occurred already?"

"If Gillian were to contact me, I'm afraid such a meeting would be held in the strictest confidence."

A flash of anger distorted Blumhaven's baby fat cheeks. "This is a most serious matter ... a criminal
matter. And for your own benefit, I might say that political suicide is not an attractive thing to witness. If
you know something about Gillian and Nick, I would strongly suggest that you come out with it right
now. It will only be a matter of time before we identify the traitor in the E-Tech vaults who arranged for
the awakening, and that person will bear the full brunt of E-Tech prosecution. Doubtlessly, to save his
own skin, this person will implicate any fellow conspirators.

"I might add that since E-Tech determined the identity of one of the perpetrators who escaped from the
Venus Cluster massacreтАФa Costeau named Buff BoscondoтАФwe have been diligently trying to identify
her male companion. We now believe that this male could have been Gillian. Since this Boscondo
woman, who boasts quite a history of unproven criminal activities, has been known to associate with the
clan of AlexanderтАФ-your clan ..." Blumhaven trailed off with a meaningful shrug.