330 Negotiating with Idiots

"I must say, Miss Tarith, you have a rather unique appearance." The Duke smiled, giving Nico's tight and stretchy piloting suit and winged exoskeleton an appreciative look.

"The particular joys of being a full conversion Cyborg, your Grace. It frees me to modify my body to be capable of many feats a normal human is not, even with the vaunted System of the Kepler Empire." Nico replied.

There was no way that the Duke could know that she still had an Alpha Ranked system active, so he just nodded in agreement and looked over the documents as Max had prepared them.

"Most of this is agreeable to us, but the terms of return to Kepler must be removed. Until matters are settled, we will be remaining in neutral space." He said, tapping the document, then striking out the relevant portions with red ink.