Aranea makes one more appeal to Meenah to see the benefits of a new system of Alternian rule.  Porrim and her party make their way aboard and find that the security on the Condesce's flagship may not be easily fooled.

The chapters from here on in seem to be pretty long, basically twenty pages each (can't seem to go much more than that without dA not allowing me to post them) so expect plenty of bang for your... well, I'd say buck but you're not paying for this story, are you?  Nor will you; I'm still enjoying writing this, especially as the end draws near.  Hang on tiiiiiiiight...

As always, you can also find the story here on Ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/1171…A