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Good stuff, as always...btw, the pak'ma'ra used a translator
before in "Legacies."

jms

{original post had no questions}

1) It wasn't filler, it's setting up one of the major arcs of
the story.

"It sucked, IMHO, and I expect you to do better from now on! <grin>"

2) "grin" at the end of a note does not excuse bad manners.

jms