"You know how I mentioned that effect? Of people being here, but not? A lot of the train either never found out, or were like that. The person who died came back the next day, and did her best to avoid telling anyone in case he went after them next. And the council - we did find out, after some people reported the aftermath on the Network and investigated. There was going to be a trial, even-"

She sighs. "Then someone went vigilante and punished him. Not with death, but with some sort of psychic karma. And I missed that outright; disappeared for something like two weeks, woke up at the next Platform in Luggage. So it all fell to pieces - both got solitary, to an extent, but unless we find a way to send people back home, for good, we don't have much of anything in the way of true punishment, particularly if they have a way to help on missions."

This time, she drops the ball, and kicks it right into the next. Goal...