Estar tries to kill Rei again!

In the current version of Rome's Revolution, Rei is almost killed twice. He later deduces it was Estar behind these murderous attempts. However, in the original long-form version, there were actually four attempts on his life making it pretty easy to figure out that somebody was gunning for him. As mentioned in a previous post, I stole one of the attempts on his life and used it to explain why the Vuduri had spare quarters. Here is the deleted scene:

     Without so much as another word, Rei jumped up and went out the door and turned to his left and left again, walking up the East Corridor toward the Algol. When he got there, he saw that the door was open and no one was around so he went in.
     The connecting corridor was open. The tunnel that led to the Algol beckoned to Rei but he could not stop himself from looking around. Once again, the sheer size of the area and the fact that everything he saw here was transported aboard a single ship impressed him. To his left, the entire wall was filled with shelves holding white and grey containers, some large, some small. Unable to suppress his curiosity, Rei walked over to them and touched one of the smaller ones on a lower shelf, trying to ascertain its purpose or contents. The container was completely sealed on all sides and there was no apparent latch or lock. Rei ran his hands around all the surfaces but he could feel nothing.
     He tugged on the box and saw that it moved easily. He pulled it all the way out and was surprised to see how light it was. The material comprising the box was almost translucent so Rei lifted it up to hold it against one of the overhead lights, hoping that he could see into it.
     A slight tremor shook him a bit and the box wobbled in his hands, just enough that past it, he saw a motion on one of the upper shelves. Unbelievably, the whole shelving unit began to pitch forward, moving quickly. Rei leaped to the side, just in time. The entire wall of shelving crashed down to the floor, spilling containers everywhere and had he remained in the way, he would have been crushed for sure.
     Some Vuduri crewmen came running in and saw Rei gathering himself up from the floor, still holding the box. There were shelves and containers everywhere.
     “I didn’t do it,” he said sheepishly. “It was the quake.”
     One of the crewmen flung his hand towards the door in an angry motion and Rei took the opportunity to get out of there. Slinking might be a good word for his actions. There was no chance they were going to let him aboard the Algol so once again, he headed back to his quarters which was apparently the only place in the entire habitat where he could be safe.

As always, the fact that Rei can think for himself is at the bottom of it all.