Draiss spent that month, nearly the entire thing with only a few hours at most spent with family. This was far too important to sideline any longer. Gammon was contacted merely to ensure the space/time collapse was both merely local and stable, and not going to be an issue to the stability, etc. The message and experiments, however, were the most interesting portion of it, the message getting a full week of brooding and the experiments nearly two weeks. He finally looked up, and contacted all three beyonders in his domain.<em> I have reviewed the data gathered from Verdelet's base. And this stalement is not going to end without increasing risks for both sides. I need... Well, first, I am going to term 'my' side as the 'constructionists' and Verdelet's as the 'deconstructionists.' I need to be able to speak to a leading beyonder for their side, or one whose... agreements carry weight and will be... 'honored.' If we can get Verdelet into the agreement, all the better. The deal is, right now, neither side on the anomaly is getting anything through. Both sides are too good at stonewalling the other. <br/><br/>My proposal is that, instead of completely stopping everything, we have a point where both sides can meet, examine what is being sent over to ensure both sides get exactly the same thing. If they can have a third, neutral and frankly uninterested party to ensure that the samples are, in fact, 'identical,' both samples are then sent to the outskirts of where Verdelet's base was. We will both agree to NOT attack the other there, or interfere with the other until both sides have retrieved their sample, and one hour has passed. Samples have to be sent over at the same time, otherwise the deal is immediately null and void. Which has the unfortunate side effect to ensure that one side gets a SLIGHT advantage over the other, as the cheaters then shut down the sample transfer. However, I currently can't think of a better deal, and they will delay cheating to get as many samples over as possible, and that last sample will have a war to be possessed.</em>