Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

into a little data that wasn't really public, but hardlysomething to get dragged before the colonel about. "I'minterested in the technology he's using.""How much of that did you discuss with your visitor?""None, we didn't talk about anything but what was in thepublic releases ma'am. I still have no idea who she was, shepretended to be a cherub at first. Even after she admitted tobeing one of the crew, she wouldn't tell me who and becauseof my sentence, I have no way to find out. I didn't know whatclearance she has."She made a tight smile over that, like she didn't believeany of it. "Some say you are willfully cooperating with theenemy.""What enemy? Brasil, the Kassikan, what?""Brasil, you can't seriously think we are fighting yourimagination.""I've never met or spoken with a Brazilian in my life,"Alan said. "I've never even exchanged mail with one."The colonel clearly wanted to say something, but checkedherself. That meant there was something going on that hedidn't know about. He wondered how much Ava would lethim find out? He wondered how much Ava knew? No one onthe expedition could keep anything from Ava if she knew itwas there and wanted to look at it. But if she didn't suspect itwas there, she would have no reason to go looking for it.Glayet consulted her screen for a time. In keeping withthe way her office was rendered, the reverse side of her59