Chapter 129:- ...
She addresses the troop. “Leave us. We must speak alone.” The troop returns to the elevator. No buttons are obviously pressed. Instead, they stand to attention and wait for the doors to close. “Like I told you, your words, suitably interpreted, are the best thing on offer,” she continues, in that annoyingly up-beat way of hers. “Here's the deal. It takes the form of a choice. Lead us or be vanquished.”