"Love and greed, hm." The lifespan really was an everyday fact as far as both of them were concerned, and not worth commenting on at this point. She wasn't sure she agreed about human constants-- even the kindest of humans usually hated something. But hate was still a learned behavior, wasn't it? Much like shame or fear, it didn't come from nowhere. "People are born knowing both," she said finally, not quite an agreement, but certainly acknowledgment.

Even if it was Shakespeare, the beauty of talking to a person not from an Earth was that Raine wouldn't be able to accuse him of the quote.

To the latter, she nodded. "Ryder reminds me of my brother, sometimes," she said. Her expression was soft. "Even without that, I would go to great lengths to protect him, and the rest of the children. But the thought that the enemy may pursue our worlds as well, if this one falls-- even if the task is impossible, we must give it everything we can anyway."