[Irving's almost impressed.] It's curious how one man seemed to catalyse so much. Particularly how that man's character seemed to evolve.

[Apparently, it took a tyrant to stop the rest of them from becoming it.] And how did you manage? Being president of such a world? I can't imagine they took too well to their slaves being taken off them.

[He didn't even question that that was what she did. Even if she hadn't spent her time in E-Space freeing slaves, keeping them is not in her character.]