To: Sub-Director Balzac cc: Directors, Sub-Directors RE: Bane of the Breezewood

[Jonathan Seabourne]

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ID: Dr. Stephen Newport

Location: Planet Curacao, Cortez System, Independent Space

To: OS&C Board of Directors

Subject: Status of J. Seabourne

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Dear Sirs and Madams,

It has been a few rounds of treatment for Captain Seabourne with only limited success. Physically, his injuries are healing well, but psychologically he is still severely impaired. He still has not spoken since the accident and spent most of his days staring at the ceiling. My treatment options with a catatonic patient are limited but we managed to get a response out of him thanks to a mention of the Temporary Autonomous Zoners. Somehow he got access to one of their holy books and has been reading it ferociously day and night. Trying to take it away causes visible anxiety and he completely ignores anything else we put in front of him.

I reached out to TAZ and got a reply from Ambassador Skripto, the one who organized the recent Baffin race. His people seem to have an idea of what's going on. We can't let him get behind the controls of a spacecraft for liability purposes, obviously, but the Zoners seem more willing to put passengers in the hands of a madman to see what happens next. In any event, MFE seems more active in Baffin these days, so he'd be with specialists who are, quite frankly, more qualified to handle this sort of thing than I am.

With your permission, I'd like to start the process of trying to get him to Baffin and see what happens. Between TAZ, MFE, and a shuttle full of adoring passengers, I'm confident we'll see some sort of change, one way or another. Otherwise, we would just keep him on Curacao and hope for the best.

Sincerely,
Dr. Stephen Newport, M.D. , Psy.D

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