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could tell more if the right 'motivation' was provided for them.
Secondly, his sense of responsibility toward each member of his crew
was painfully strong. He felt guilt and emotional pain every time he
thought about poor Merina, even though he had not in any way caused
her to be abducted. He would have been miserable sitting in the ship
waiting for news.
"My Lord," a voice on his communicator called. "We have
detected some private vehicles leaving from the back alleys behind an
auction house on the west side. We are releasing the drone probes to
follow each vehicle, just in case one of them has Merina in it. It's
the only concrete lead we've had yet, sir."
"Good work, mister! That sounds like a very good lead to me.
Just don't lose a single one of those cars. I'll be joining you in
your sector just as soon as I can get there. Shardin out."
"Shardin to Phoenix," he then radioed. "Sha'teem, are you on
the bridge?"
"Aye, sir. Any news yet?" Sha'teem replied from the command
chair. Shardin had him coordinating the blockades from the ship, and
leaning on the planetary government from time to time.
"Sha'teem, I think we've got the break we need. The officer in
charge of searching the wester
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