Secrets (invisible to B5 muses safe emperor_cotto_i)

[tm_carolyn]

Ambassador Mollari has a fascinating psyche, but at the moment it's so ridden with anger and pain and guilt and resentment that I wish I wouldn't have had to perform a scan. Still, both Al and the Ambassador asked me to. I'm not sure what this will all lead to, though I have a guess. After all, the scan was supposed to verify two things - that

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[vir_cotto_tm]

Ms. Sanderson-

I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to communicate with you before. But I know that you were the one chosen by Bester to perform the scan on Londo, which means... it's safe to talk to you.

Well, the truth is, this new alliance Londo has formed with Bester scares me. And what scares me most of all is that I know there is something to this that Londo's not telling me.

I fear for him. He's been through a lot recently- he's angry and hurt and I'm worried that it's influencing him in ways he's unwilling to face or admit. I've tried to help him as much as I can, but... I still don't know what those technomages did to him. I don't know if Londo was tortured. I don't know if they've altered his mind in someway. And I don't understand everything that's happened between him and G'Kar. Londo won't talk to me even though I know he needs to

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[tm_carolyn]

Mr. Cotto -

you're not the only one being scared. And I would like to talk to you. If you don't mind, however, I'd prefer not to do so in writing, for security reasons. Do you have some time alone? I think I can manage a physical projection now, but only for an hour or so, and it's easier to discuss these things in person.

Carolyn

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[vir_cotto_tm]

Ms. Sanderson-

Yes, do whatever you think is safer. I'm alone in my quarets right now and should be for the rest of the night.

Vir

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[tm_carolyn]

Concentrating as she had been taught by Varzil, Lirielle and the others in the Tower, reaching for the matrix which now had been put next to her frozen body, Carolyn first imagines the young Centauri's room. She uses the sense of his presence as an anchor but does not probe; instead, she creates what Varzil has called her "image in the other world". She's looking as she did on the day the Corps had caught up with her, and she saw Al for the first time, wearing casual trousers and a sweater. Her hands are determinedly ungloved, though she notices one thing is different from the way she used to look; around her neck, softly shedding its blue light, hangs the matrix. Seeing herself through the eyes of the troubled-looking Vir Cotto, she wonders whether she should offer her hand in greeting, but decides she cannot manage anything tactile yet. Instead, she offers a tentative smile. This is the first time she has done this with someone who wasn't a telepath.Hello, Mr. Cotto. I wish we could meet in happier circumstances; Mr. Garibaldi