[ha, i want to keep that secret until the wormhole opens again? wait for it in Sinners. and right on with the time and place. good job.]

I am understandably uncomfortable with the idea of a male Coalescence. He is, of course, the beginning of a new era. If males can become that powerful....when who knows how the Advent will hold together? The Unity might very well shatter apart. But I do not really believe such a thing will happen. The High Coalescence is all-powerful, the closest to the High One. Together they will lead our race to galactic victory.

Once again, a subtley of speech escapes notice.  Thus my distaste for these... trader filth devices that allow communication at range without access to the mind.  I said The Coalescence, as in a single individual.  The power of many will always overcome the power of one.  Which is why our ships are crewed by thousands, rather than by one.  Need I burn it onto a pennant?  Or need we loose the demons of the mind upon yea?  And know that power... True Power... comes in many forms.  Be it power of the mind, as is the most common, be it power of knowledge, or be it one of its other innumerable forms, power is the lifeblood of of all races.

Thy avoidance of mine question is becoming quite obvious, now.

what do you think of the new high coalescence - haiti, the unity tells me he calls himself - personally? have you met him?

in my search i have little time to concentrate on other matters. has there been any new news from trader space?

There is no avoidance on my part. If you are as powerful as you believe you are, my mind should be an open book. it already is to any of the Unity, which means you are not of the Unity. Which means you are a Silent One. Which means you have no psionic power. Which means you are dead to us.

Trader space? Were you not listening before? That is not a trait we value highly in the Unity, if you ever wish to advance yourself. I think like all the Unity thinks of the High Coalescence, he is the strongest Advent alive, the strongest Advent in the history of our advanced species, almost as strong as the High One, though that is something quite different.

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There is no avoidance on my part. If you are as powerful as you believe you are, my mind should be an open book. it already is to any of the Unity, which means you are not of the Unity. Which means you are a Silent One. Which means you have no psionic power. Which means you are dead to us.
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Barzul! Be yea blind as well as ignorant?  I speak to yea through a trader device across the stars.  The distance be too great for even I to traverse psionically.  And so I require a verbal answer.

[quotes hate me, I guess]

And what being are you, to have a trader device in your hands, and to have one capable of contacting us?

I am one of many names, none of which true.  For now, you may call me Tialdari.

I have travelled the stars, from the frontlines to the homeworlds.  I have witnessed the destruction of fleets, and their creation.  The devices I be using were recovered from a Trader fleet destroyed in battle.  However, I be unsure as to the ultimate location of the device on thy end.  Where art thee?

We are in the space which is not. That is all you need know, creature. Creature I name you, for that is all that you are.

[and how are we supposed to figure out the necessary parts when you won't give relevant answers? or have I missed part of the storyline?]

Creature, I be, but not in the sense thou intends.  For Creature be that which the Traders named us when they forced exile upon us.  And there can be no recompense for such an insult from those not of the Unity.  Thou willst be lucky to escape alive, should thou continue to besmirch me and mine guild. 

You shouldst not be insulting others besides.  Thy very speech be flawed, sister.  "You" is plural, "thee" and "thou" are singular.  'Tis but a simple thing, but it betrays, betrays, betrays.

[well, figure out what the space which is not is. thats the only relevant thing iv said in this exchange, i think. but you need to ask questions for me to give answers!]

The creature, when backed into a corner, will always rise up and hiss back in false bravery. Tell me, how is this so different?

[question: how are we supposed to figure out who you are if you won't answer our questions with a substantial answer. i know, i know, we must ask "the right questions." but at least give us some sort of hint]

what rank do you hold?

what was your childhood like?

[ill answer your questions, but there has to be a question for me to answer.]

I am a Psiwarrior of the First Battalion. My childhood was like any other of the Unity's childhoods....days spent experimenting with neurochemicals and special treatments, watching solemly as those were experimented poorly burned themselves to ash, to stay forever in the Pit of Eternal Flames. I grew closer to my fellow Advents and my face grew more lined as I absorbed the memories of our race. Most like how your childhood was, young Advent.

I'm afraid thou hath the phrase wrong.  'Tis "A creature, when backed into a corner, will fight all the harder, for it sees no escape".  The last ditch stand, when it drops all pretense and simply does its best to harm that which forces it into said corner.

Now, I only wished to know where mine comunication device had ended up, but since thou seems to take such offense at the question, I shall ask another.  Where I am, news arrives slowly.  What are the recent events of the great war?  Have the Traders begun to hold back their alien enemies?

I will repeat myself, for you obviously did not catch it the first time. We have not reached Trader space. Therefore, there is no war. There is nothing for the Traders to hold back. The Reemergence has not begun yet. And I have heard the phrase both ways.

[hope you don't think I'm getting annoyed, I'm not. My character is. Big difference there.]