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Behar calmly took his glass from before him, welcoming the Aschen into the chamber but refusing to sit, for now. He studied the Aschen before him, and gave a dismissive wave of his hand as Marlene made a plate for herself, much to the chagrin of Kesslee. “Virgil had been looking for an excuse to get rid of some of the food stock: his cooking has had some … marked improvements since I’ve allowed him to slave the droids.” He remarked, tapping a finger on his glass as he stood at the corner of the table.

At the mention of hospitality, Behar brought the glass up to his mouth and took a swig. “I’ve been rather successful in … smoothing the appearances of the Federate’s policy here in the Local Region. Virgil, uh, a tablet, would you?” He said, looking over to the protocol droid that calmly stepped to the table and offered the Artifex a sleek, black tablet. “I’ve some briefs for the Home State government.”

Putting the tablet face up, he tapped at a few keys before a projector module spat out a hologram projection. As Kesslee introduced himself and the director, Behar ran a hand to straighten his jacket briefly, a surprised arch of his brow crossing his features for a moment. “Ah, Marlene Angel? Congratulations on the promotion - a surprise to learn the rumor was true. Ministry of Defense, quite a position.”

“As for these briefs uh, just some routine updates,” He began, tapping away with his free hand as a series of documents and correspondences flit across the displays. “The Exogarden task force has enlarged the patrol squadrons to maintain the humanitarian shipments, some Commodore in the Exogarden has decided smuggling has become more of a concern - I’ve yet to understand his true justification for the activities though -”

All of this, and even more, was being prepared on a special diplomatic drive to be given to Kesslee upon his leaving, but Behar had a personal policy of full disclosure. “I was made aware of the … incident that took place in the border worlds a while ago, suffice it to say that I can’t speak for the military but, their operations should not be viewed as threatening to the integrity of the Home State government - er, UAE I should say. Apologies, I’m more used to speaking with your countrymen of the Langarite Republics.”