"Sam." Suzie gives him a quick, professional smile, and then steels herself for what she's about to say. On the surface she's perfectly calm, collected, but there are lead weights in her stomach, and it's taking an effort of will not to fidget.
"I think I may have an idea for helping with Thane. Normally Gwen would handle this, and I've brought the idea up with her before, when we went to consult with the Vesmier after this all started, but she preferred to use it as a last resort. It seems to me that we're running out of options, however. And since you're my commander in this case, I wanted to clear this with you before approaching her with the idea again." She swallows, then continues. "I'm uniquely suited to get close to Thane, and get information any other psychic would have to strain for. I can see Jack. I can give every appearance of defecting, and provide a perfectly reasonable and 99% true cover story for doing so. No one else here has that."
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"I think I may have an idea for helping with Thane. Normally Gwen would handle this, and I've brought the idea up with her before, when we went to consult with the Vesmier after this all started, but she preferred to use it as a last resort. It seems to me that we're running out of options, however. And since you're my commander in this case, I wanted to clear this with you before approaching her with the idea again." She swallows, then continues. "I'm uniquely suited to get close to Thane, and get information any other psychic would have to strain for. I can see Jack. I can give every appearance of defecting, and provide a perfectly reasonable and 99% true cover story for doing so. No one else here has that."