[ more like her story that's missing details, but fine. if she can't press him, no use fighting. easier to loop back to the other. ]

So Judas was for you. Why not reach out to us directly, then, rather than let Cassius play the messenger? You would have gotten a lot more bites if the offer hadn't come from an AI people already hated.

[ she pauses for a moment, considering. ]

Do you have a way to reach us? The Displaced, I mean. Did you know who we were?