"So, fifteen minutes, although it's now much less," said Ascot. "And the plan has been modified to rescue more slaves and snatch a second alien shuttle." His lips pursed.

"This is what I meant by seeing things, but not revealing what I saw for fear of things being changed. If I had revealed that you were going to modify the plan, then you would not have thought all of those unique ideas. That said though...a warning. Changing Tra'cha's card [i]will[/i] fail; said card will be re-scanned earlier than usual."

Alexander, meanwhile, was still waiting for departure time.

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