[ Not since he was five, he says. The age of five was when all of Gray's worries began. It's a curious contrast that serves to highlight how different they are despite how much she felt in common with him when they first met. ]

It feels like I'm always worried about something...

[ With a slighly self-deprecating air, she can more than admit that. If she could install a switch in her brain to turn off her thoughts when they get to be too much, she might be better off for it. ]

Mostly, I was wondering... is this the best way to win people over to the Kenoma? The prisoner seems a little like... a victim, maybe.

[ If they were going to execute a rebel warrior or leader of otherwise clearly important person, she would understand the power in publically executing them. But Vaeka, from what little Gray has glimpsed of her, seems like an astoundingly normal and sympathetic person. ]