Destiny

[jammi]

He paced for a moment before continuing. Mr Aldridge, please take a seat. I am a representative from the BPA, Detective Peter Green. I am sorry to inform you that your father was murdered two days ago, at 1pm Cambridge Mean time. I pretended to look horrified, quietly pleased with myself for the as so far perfect deception.

Do... Do you have any idea who is responsible? I considered how to make the appearance of devastation more complete; thoughtfully I swallowed hard, as if attempting to suppress tears. The farce obviously achieved its purpose seeing as the detective squirmed uncomfortably.

We believe the pirate group the Corsairs are responsible, the very same group that attacked your ship as a matter of a fact. We are currently looking various lines of enquiry as to how the fiends managed to carry out the attack. I sniffed to myself, worried that they had managed to join a line between the two events so quickly. I attempted to pass it off as another suppression of tears.

I was sent here to inform you of your fathers funeral and will reading, which will be taking place two days from now. There is a ship on the landing pad waiting for you and this time there will be a fighter escort, so there is no need to worry Mr Aldridge. Once you have returned to Bretonian sovereign territory, you will be placed under armed guard to prevent any strikes against your person. I bowed his head for a moment before continuing. I presume youll want to be left alone for a while. I nodded sharply and the detective let himself out, probably taking up guard outside my room.

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