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"Commander?"

Behind him, the audience buzzed expectantly. What had he missed? "Ma'am?"

She rapped the table until the murmuring stopped. "Commander, how do you interpret these
observations?"

Green sensed the gaze of his crew on his back. The scrutiny from the front of the chamber
required no such imagination.

The natives had offered no systematic response. They showed little evidence of curiosity.
What could he conclude? "Despite their use of tools, the most evolved life forms of our
nearest interstellar neighbor are not yet intelligent."

"And?" the chairperson prompted.