“If you are going to help us then we'd rather you leave the beacon off,” you say. “It's probably better to be invisible until we are established in any case.”
Rita and Clarissa look at each other.
“We're not impressed with what we've found here,” says Rita, “but if you think you can swing it we'll risk seeing if you can colonize the planet.”
With that she and Clarissa board their vessel and leave. |