"We made a deal." After some awkward, empty moments and a hard question or two, it was all sorted out. Beth hopes it gave Rani some comfort over in the Cetagandan prison; it'd be awful to think of her worrying about people back here when her own life was in danger. "I do what she says, I get to carry a knife."

And she won't make me kill anyone-- but saying that would only catch his attention. He doesn't know what she did in Grady, even if he saw what she'd planned to do, and she'd like to keep it that way if she can.