It's not vicious; it;s just that neither fools the other much or feels the need to hide that.

> > > It also occurred to me, after reading an old conversation between the Psychic Samurai and Commissioner Graham, that Chiaki has a few things in common with the Hooded Hood. > > Probably not the Latvian accent. > No, more like the capability to talk and give out hardly any information, and to let her opponents hang themselves with their own words and assumptions.

Noted.

> > > > Meanwhile, as more races work out that what happened to the Shee-Yar happened because they assaulted Earth less and less people are going to be interested in conquering the place. Fortunately, right now the rumour is that a Naicluvian alien named Joey Z had confessed to the genocide. > > > That's good for Earth, at least. Not so much for the Trading Alliance, though, because it's going to keep them from making a profit anywhere near Earth. > > They could try billing the Carnifex. > They don't believe he'll pay.

But someone would.