"So you wish us to eliminate him?" Shertal asked. He stared at her unblinking, his cold eyes fierce with a glimmer of cruelty. Rae Et smiled to herself, knowing that she'd judged the younger man well.
"Precisely," she replied.
Definitely an eyebrow raiser!
It is necessary to maintain the integrity of the colony," Rae Et rebutted. "With such a small pool, the presence of serious genetic defects could be disastrous for the viability of the colony."
"And what do you suppose we screen out, how will you determine who lives and who dies?" Dar Rhys demanded.
Rae Et needs to put a sock in it. I hope she doesn't make it to the next colony.
Good stuff. I'm worried about Kal El, but then again, it really wouldn't seem feasible to kill him off now and still be able to complete a trilogy. <g>
Jen
