"Option one that I've been able to come up with here, alter-Korva is weak, cracked under ordinary pressure."

"Option two, alter-Korva did have something she desperately wanted to do, she doesn't want to talk about it, Security truthspelled her just in case but that doesn't mean the rest of us know.  Mostly, we don't mention that to Keltham because it's private to Korva, we just tell him she hoped too hard.  If Keltham presses, which I predict he won't, Security tells him that it's about your dead sister who committed a murder and got executed over it, it's illegal to bring her back without a Crown order and you thought you could get that by outperforming."

"I predict Sevar vetoes option two, but want to give you a chance to sell that over option one.  I'm halfway inclined to veto it myself on grounds of how much it sounds like you might be a romantic interest fated to him by unbroken prophecy, like Sevar, which is... one of those complexities we didn't want to try to explain until you'd all mastered the basics.  But I think we may just need to press ahead there, at this point."

"Option one that I've been able to come up with here, alter-Korva is weak, cracked under ordinary pressure."

"Option two, alter-Korva did have something she desperately wanted to do, she doesn't want to talk about it, Security truthspelled her just in case but that doesn't mean the rest of us know.  Mostly, we don't mention that to Keltham because it's private to Korva, we just tell him she hoped too hard.  If Keltham presses, which I predict he won't, Security tells him that it's about your dead sister who committed a murder and got executed over it, it's illegal to bring her back without a Crown order and you thought you could get that by outperforming."

"I predict Sevar vetoes option two, but want to give you a chance to sell that over option one.  I'm halfway inclined to veto it myself. on grounds of how much it sounds like you might be a romantic interest fated to Keltham by unbroken prophecy, like Sevar, which is... one of those complexities we didn't want to try to explain until you'd all mastered the basics.  But I think we may just need to press ahead there, at this point."

"Option one that I've been able to come up with here, alter-Korva is weak, cracked under ordinary pressure."

"Option two, alter-Korva did have something she desperately wanted to do, she doesn't want to talk about it, Security truthspelled her just in case but that doesn't mean the rest of us know.  Mostly, we don't mention that to Keltham because it's private to Korva, we just tell him she hoped too hard.  If Keltham presses, which I predict he won't, Security tells him that it's about your dead sister who committed a murder and got executed over it, it's illegal to bring her back without a Crown order and you thought you could get that by outperforming."

"I predict Sevar vetoes option two, but want to give you a chance to sell that over option one.  I'm halfway inclined to veto it myself. on grounds of how much it sounds like you might be a romantic interest fated to Keltham by unbroken prophecy, like Sevar, which is... one of those complexities we didn't want to try to explain until you'd all mastered the basics.  But I think we may just need to press ahead and explain the tropes tonight, at this point."