[He sinks back onto the hard bed, fingers idly scratching at a loose flap of medical tape on his arm.]

That was my intent. The political situation was tenuous. There was pressure to deliver and arguments on how it was to be done. I didn't trust anyone else to go.

[His jaw sets, jaw muscles visible and anger in his eyes.]

I was planetside, ten minutes out when the news hit. [There was a pause here, seeing something that had happened years ago, and swallowing down the details of it.] Of all of it, I remember her very clearly.

[He looks Duv straight in the eyes for this.]

She was one of the very few who died facing her murderers.