Chill! I’m not killing Skip. I SWEAR:

Vic (Virginia Aurelia Millburn, Countess Harcaster aka Victoria Torrenes):

I buried my only son once. They sent his body home from his very first mission with the Interplanetary Diplomatic Service.

This all came back to me that morning, after the incident in the nursery. I remembered Scipio’s funeral

I received his coffin – embossed with the IDS logo – with all due ceremony, and planned his funeral, and received half the cou...