Gloriana did not seem to be worried about elaborate arche schemes.
Her greater understanding of the captured archecruiser made her much more aware of what red humanity had gained and the arche had lost.
The price the arche had paid was too great if they wanted to mislead the humans into following up on planted intelligence from the very beginning.
She would much rather consider the incident to be the failed outcome of a rogue archecruiser captain's selfish desire to attain godhood.
A single leader went rogue, and thereby created a disaster for his race.
That sounded much simpler and more plausible from her perspective.
"Thank you for your insights." He said as he seriously took her opinion into account. "Where is Lucky, by the way? Did he 'enjoy' his big meal?"
