Jacqui wrote:
As I said once before, taking one of the 'natives' as a playmate for his
daughter, knowing the girl's likely fate, is debatable ethically.<
But we don't know the circumstances of him adopting her. If he'd found her abandoned - the Sarrans seem savage enough for the practice of ridding themselves of superfluous baby girls - then taking her in would have been a charitable deed.
Marian
A fanfic story in under a hundred words. Any improvements?
Vila Restal had expected that the family tradition would cause problems one day, no matter how useful it had been in the past. For several generations the same given names had been given to the various children bearing the surname Restal, specifically to confuse the authorities. As such, the policy had proved extremely successful. Until now, of course, when it was working the other way. How could he be an effective President if his namesake was associated with one of the most wanted criminals in the galaxy? __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/