"Have. Established. An. Understanding. With. Gaian. Civilization."
Within the depths of the Laminar world ship, the Tendril of Light floated within a zero-gravity environment, partaking in a virtual meeting with the blurry figures of the other leaders of Laminar Civilization.
Superluminal communication across the galaxy was very difficult, but the most cutting-edge quantum entanglement communication technology allowed for it, even if reluctantly.
While Earth was in a hurry to iron out the Gaian Alliance, to accelerate their interstellar projects, their space warfare power, and the many new priorities that they hadn't paid as much attention to as they should have, the Tendril of Light reported to the other leaders of its civilization.
The other integuments listened as the Tendril of Light explained the tentative agreement that he had brokered with the Chancellor of Gaia.
By the time he was done, not a single one of them could keep quiet.
