[ Her eyes tracked his motions, the way he looked like a man who carried the weight of the world on his shoulders, or the weight of...something, perhaps. ]

There were some...willing to listen, I think. Emet-Selch seemed...amenable? Or at least did not directly attack me last time we were here in Venera. [ It helps, of course, that Akua is not the type that would burst forth with righteous fury, either. ] There was a girl as well...Misa? She seemed... interested in exchanging ideas. She didn't attack on sight.

I think there are more, too. Although... even the Regent was willing to talk, although I suspect they were more keen on selling their vision, than exchanging ideas.