Quote Originally Posted by factotum View Post
You can see why the Giant did that one, though--if he'd scratched out Hilgya and Yikyik but left Zz'dtri clear it would have given away the big reveal a bit early.
And In-story: I figure the IFCC somehow managed to get left in the dark on that one. If Nale didn’t mention anything to Sabine for whatever reason, the IFCC wouldn’t necessarily find out that Zz’dtri was still in the game, even if he was in the penalty box for a while.

Alternatively, they Xed Zz’dtri out after he got taken away, then found out he was back, but never bothered to erase the X.