The response from Genrō Itō seemed more workable than one from the Admiral would have been. If nothing else, the tension in the air wasn't as sourly flavored, though the taste of uncertainty still loomed. "Well, seeing as Kusari had offered to sell the wreck of the Helios back to the Republic, I believe that the wreck itself could be payment for this lease of our territory. Removal of the wreck from Tau-29 can be done by ISE supervised by CDI and the Naval Forces, and construction of the station in Tau-31 can be done by whatever domestic parties Kusari deems appropriate supervised by the Military and a member of the Naval Forces Admiralty."
Even the advisor who was writing notes stopped for a moment to listen, a slight but visible flex of his lip muscles before writing down the proposal in his log.
