"I will consider myself scooped in spirit," he says. "Anyway. Then I had to come home because I was being accused of treason, which is a much less entertaining story, and I left Elena and Baz in charge of the fleet. And Elli Quinn got her face blown off in combat and I bought her a new one and left her with my grandmother on Beta Colony to recuperate - that's how she knows my identity. And, uh - Bothari died. During the war, but not in combat. Of... my stupidity, more or less." He sighs, good mood abruptly vanished.
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"I will consider myself scooped in spirit," he says. "Anyway. Then I had to come home because I was being accused of treason, which is a much less entertaining story, and I left Elena and Baz in charge of the fleet. And Elli Quinn got her face blown off in combat and I bought her a new one and left her with my grandmother on Beta Colony to recuperate - that's how she knows my identity. And, uh - Bothari died. During the war, but not in combat. Of... my stupidity, more or less." He sighs, good mood abruptly vanished.