It was indeed the perfect market… if there was no one who could recognize the thing!
The thing was, there were plenty of Terrans in the dorms and they recognized it for what it was.
Even aborigines, thanks to the Elders' relentless agendas of educating the public about the thing and its dangers, actually had an idea that there was something wrong with it, even if they hadn't encountered it before.
And so, almost as soon as it was introduced, the guard station was alerted!
Suffice it to say, the seller—who was none other than Eppot—was quickly brought back in for questioning.
…
Eppa watched from the side as her brother was dragged to the prison, her husband patting her shoulder reassuringly.
"He's brought this upon himself," Louie told his wife. "He should learn his lesson in the mines and re-emerge as a humbled person."
"I'm very conflicted," she admitted. She shouldn't care, but she did—very much.
