Probably because we accidentally destroyed a planet a few weeks ago. I mean, none of my commanding officers have decided that locking themselves in their rooms is the appropriate answer to this sort of thing, but the closest we've come to is just conquering a planet instead of letting it collapse in on itself.

( he squints at the video, since bel looks... familiar. he knows the accent, and the reference to the mountains in miles' finally places the betan somewhere in ivan's general sphere of knowledge. good god. )

Does, uh. Does Miles know someone's asking after the Dendarii?