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==Personal History== | ==Personal History== | ||
T'Reshik's parents, believing their daughter should have a choice in the matter, had left her unbonded- nevertheless, they advised her against Professor Sutek. It was not merely on the basis of the couple's substantial age difference- Sutek was almost fifty years older than her-, but also in response to certain... rumours about the nature of his studies. ''We do not even speak of these things amongst ourselves, T'Reshik let alone subject them to scientific scrutiny. You would be wise to avoid him.'' Yet marry him she did. | T'Reshik's parents, believing their daughter should have a choice in the matter, had left her unbonded- nevertheless, they advised her against Professor Sutek. It was not merely on the basis of the couple's substantial age difference- Sutek was almost fifty years older than her-, but also in response to certain... rumours about the nature of his studies. ''We do not even speak of these things amongst ourselves, T'Reshik, let alone subject them to scientific scrutiny. You would be wise to avoid him.'' Yet marry him she did. | ||
Later, under Sutek's instruction, she would stand in front of a tribunal and lie. No, she had not been aware of the nature of his studies; neither did she collaborate with him at any point. They found grounds for his dismissal, but not hers, and the research continued. | Later, under Sutek's instruction, she would stand in front of a tribunal and lie. No, she had not been aware of the nature of his studies; neither did she collaborate with him at any point. They found grounds for his dismissal, but not hers, and the research continued. |
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