[He made note of her pause, tilting his head a little as he tried to read her body language to understand the change. Perhaps as a being of extraordinary abilities - and suffering - didn't trifle quite so much with the struggle of power and control. He had spent far too long of his life struggling for existence that his world view was that power was to be used for control, for a life-goal. Of course, he was in the twilight of his life as well, so that changed some of the urgency of his own goals.

He had also spent years of his life being judged for his opinions and drive forward, and he had long ago learned to ignore it.]

Control. We're play things here, pushed around and nudged in this direction and that. If this place fails, we either go home or cease to be or perhaps transition to something worse.