For trying to be so disinterested and unheroic, Devin certainly cared about others, much as he might try not to. A fact which Valdis found that highly interesting. He might not care about people as individuals, but he still cared. The man was a walking contradiction.

"I've had years of experience in lying about who I am," she pointed out, "This is relatively simple compared to that and I wanted your assessment as it relates to my people, not me."

She didn't need anyone.