Dannet’s predictions that Jance would try to sound reasonable failed to materialize on schedule and rather than attempting to guide them all toward a hasty agreement, Jance seemed more disposed toward delay tactics.For the next week the talks consisted entirely of Jance reading out various clauses from the Covenant and Arn and Terius pointing out that it no longer applied. It was not until the second week that Jance finally tried to discuss drafting a new treaty, although even then he refused to recognize the Humans’ claims that they were who they were. It was Sartena who finally discovered the truth behind that ploy, however.“I don’t think he actually disbelieves you personally, but it wouldn’t be the first time a group of people claimed to be unchanged Originals,” She explained to Iris. “People like my ancestors and those of Captain Nrenth were obviously modified to live on their specific worlds, but not all adaptations are as outwardly visible as my skin, hair and antennae, Danet’s skin or Jance’s fur and no one really knows what the Originals looked like exactly.
