[Lenore nods thoughtful understanding as he explains.] The Horizon here is linked to the Singularity, isn't it? [She points a finger down at the ground, as though the Horizon is a physical place.]

I can sympathize, [she says, not at all needing to hear the why but charmed by the fatigue in how he offers it. She sits forward a little, genuine and empathetic.] Back home, my circumstances soured very suddenly. My sisters were murdered. I found myself a captive. I chose to walk into the sun rather than go on like that.

To be here and with such relatively enormous freedom, to make of myself whoever or whatever I please ... it's incredibly valuable. I wouldn't begrudge you that for a moment.