Taybor's Perfume and Pendant Ruse

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• Near the end of the small-items trade that Tony and Maya are overseeing, Helena leaves, but not before Taybor gives her a bottle of perfume.
• Then, when the session is complete, Taybor offers Maya a gift of a pendant that is Psychon-like in style. She really wants to have this, but seeks some sign of approval from Tony (presumably due to either: a relationship between Tony and Maya at that point; or because he was ultimately in charge of monitoring the whole trading session), which she receives.
• She wants to show Helena the pendant, Taybor offers to escort her there, Tony allows this and leaves for Command Center.
• Taybor then shows that the pendant, like Maya's own, contains a device, in this case one with a hypnotic influence over her. She takes his hand (?), and they are transported to his ship.
• Meanwhile, John, looking for Maya, is told by Tony she was going to Helena's quarters. He goes there, does not find Maya, only Helena. She has applied the perfume, which is intoxicating and mind-distorting, helping to start inducing a strong romantic mood in both, which John breaks (with difficulty) when he realizes this is a distraction, a trick. He shakes her from it, and he (followed a minute or so later by her) head to CC, where they see Maya has been kidnapped.
• Maya eventually shakes off the hypnotic effects of the pendant, throws it aside, and demands her release.