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To the Trans-Human arm of Sector Nineteen Lambda Corp.

I have been asked to say a few words to the trans-human arm of Sector Nineteen Lambda, concerning recent successes in containing members of the resistance Neko Team.

Let me say up front that I regret having to temper my heartfelt congratulations with a strong measure of disappointment. But I wouldn't be doing my duty as your Administrator if I didn't pass along the message I have received from our Benefactors.
The capture of Apphy is an event of major significance, make no mistake. And while it's true that conceivably we could have taken her at almost any time in the last several years, the manner of her capture may prove to have unexpected benefits.

It cannot have gone unnoticed by all resistance members that Apphy’s capture coincided with the act of giving shelter to Kitt. This might cause other resistance members to think twice before harboring Kitt. It might cause them to question her allegiance; even prompt some to turn her out, or turn her over to our cause. However, we cannot count on such developments. kitt reputation is such that other desperate renegades are likely to grant her a great deal of license in the spirit of spreading general chaos and terror.

This brings me to the one note of disappointment I must echo from our Benefactors. Obviously I am not on the ground to closely command or second-guess the dedicated forces of Lambda, but this does not mean I can shirk responsibility for recent lapses and even outright failures on their part. I have been severely questioned about these shortcomings, and now must put the question to you: How could one Neko have slipped through your force's fingers, time and time again? How is it possible? This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing. Kitt is just a simple Neko who is just the same as every one of those creatures, living in Sector Nineteen.

I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, she was in a state that precluded further development of covert skills. The girl you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that--an ordinary Neko-girls. How can you have failed to apprehend her? Well...I will leave the upbraiding for another time, to the extent it proves necessary. Now is the moment to redeem yourselves.

If the trans-human forces are to prove themselves an indispensable augmentation to the Lambda Corp., they will have to earn the privilege. I'm sure I don't have to remind you that the alternative, if you can call it that, is total extinction - in union with all the other unworthy branches of the species. Let's not allow it to come to that. I have done my best to convince our Benefactors that you are the finest the species has to offer. So far they have accepted my argument, but without concrete evidence to back it up, my words sound increasingly hollow even to me. The burden of proof is on you. As is the consequence of failure. I'll just leave it at that.