To: ESRD Commander Avery Reeves, [LN]. From: Templar Khan, A/).

[Enkidu]

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Sender Ident: Battlegroup Auxesia, Eidolon Node, Templar Nesrin Khan.
Sender Location: Scrambled. Triangulation Error.
Encryption: Impervious without pre-given cypher.

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You almost have Khan smiling, almost. Perhaps its just the luminosity levels of her eyes heightening as she glares out of the blackness surrounding her - but she seems genuinely pleased with you. Pleased for the future.

Cosmic vacuum prevents us from shaking hands, Commander Reeves, but I hope the sentiment stands on its own. As a diplomat, I cannot remain hopeful in matters of negotiation - it demands much from people to come to concurrence, or to shift any attitude from one of known strife to comfortable amicability. It's in our nature to prefer a known war to an unknowable peace, and if your superiors find our terms unconscionable then we can both rest easy in the understanding that we have done everything that could be done.

On your end you've been nothing but eager to come to a common ground, Reeves, and I couldn't think of a negotiator who could have filled your shoes and still reached the same endgame. You challenged us, you challenged me, but you never sought to dictate downwind. God willing, we've all had a teachable experience today.

Allah Ysallmak, Avery. We await the fruits of our labours, if any have ripened, from your superiors.

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