They aren't my comrades, so I can't force them to them tell you anything... but I won't stop you from asking.
[He raises one finger in a reproving gesture, like an old-fashioned schoolteacher.]
As long as you ask nicely! No shooting!
[The True Leithians exchange uncertain glances. If they're anything like Westerlen rebels, Ginshu suspects that they're weighing their loyalty to the cause against their continued interest in breathing. Bravely sacrifing oneself for patriotic goals is only appealing when it's just a distant, abstract concept.
Ginshu has Resistance contacts who can get the terrorists off Westerley to Utopia or one of the other planets of the J Star Cluster, but by now they've surely realized that they can't go back to their old lives on Leith. Even if they manage to find a forger who can provide them with the documents they'd need to return home, the best they can realistically hope for is a Westerlen migrant worker visa. In essence, they'll be in the same position as the people they tried to exclude from Leith in the first place. It's the sort of irony that might be amusing if so many people hadn't already died.
He steps aside, clearing the way, and lowers his voice.]
When this is all over... I want to know whatever you can tell me about Urushibara.
no subject
[He raises one finger in a reproving gesture, like an old-fashioned schoolteacher.]
As long as you ask nicely! No shooting!
[The True Leithians exchange uncertain glances. If they're anything like Westerlen rebels, Ginshu suspects that they're weighing their loyalty to the cause against their continued interest in breathing. Bravely sacrifing oneself for patriotic goals is only appealing when it's just a distant, abstract concept.
Ginshu has Resistance contacts who can get the terrorists off Westerley to Utopia or one of the other planets of the J Star Cluster, but by now they've surely realized that they can't go back to their old lives on Leith. Even if they manage to find a forger who can provide them with the documents they'd need to return home, the best they can realistically hope for is a Westerlen migrant worker visa. In essence, they'll be in the same position as the people they tried to exclude from Leith in the first place. It's the sort of irony that might be amusing if so many people hadn't already died.
He steps aside, clearing the way, and lowers his voice.]
When this is all over... I want to know whatever you can tell me about Urushibara.