Given everything that Ariadne had heard about Palpatine, it wasn't much of a surprise. It was fascinating. And far more clever than anything the Red Dragon could ever have schemed--although his lieutenant might. Almost elegant, if any sort of war and killing could be elegant.

It also made her want to hate him.

She sighed, shaking her head. Trying to let the thought go.

"I suppose it's possible," she said. "Deerington and Trench seemed to play favorites with people from your world. But I'm sure we could find a way to control it. Deactivate it, or whatever the right term is."